9 January 2012 · A sentence from the teachings of Rav Kook
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„Every sin, even the lightest of sins, imprints within a person a hatr…”
„Every sin, even the lightest of sins, imprints within a person a hatred toward some creature, and by...”From Orot HaTeshuvah 12, 4
When we hate another person, another creature, and even an animal, we must know that this hatred stems from corruption and from sin.
This refers to hatred without cause - not on account of something the person or creature before me did to me, but on account of my opposition to his style, his dress, his gender, his race, and so forth...
When a person returns in repentance and tries to mend his ways, he feels great love for all. It follows from this that when a person's repentance causes him to hate, he must examine his repentance...
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