Elul: It's Time To Break The Chain
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0:10and it says here in this Mishnah, it's because they started making small sins, they thought it was not a big deal, and next thing you know, they got used to it, they got used to sinning. Every sin became not a big deal, not a big deal, not a big deal, not a big deal, and eventually, you have a serious problem. And I had a chiddush today, Baruch Hashem, I tell you this chiddush, I always ask myself this question, ...know in the times of the Beit HaMikdash, when somebody made a sin on purpose. Let's say, for example, if somebody violated Shabbat on purpose, it's a stringent punishment, like the death penalty. There's no like, "Oh no, try again next week." If you had witnesses, they saw you, you were warned, and you still violated Shabbat, it's the death penalty. There's no like, "Oh, you have a good family, let's keep noting it." They kill you. But if you did it accidentally, you forgot it was Shabbat... Accidentally, you forgot it was Shabbat. You forgot. You're not allowed to do something accidentally. They said, "Okay, no problem. Bring a korban. Bring a korban to the Beit HaMikdash, sacrifice it to the Beit HaMikdash, and you're fine." Now, Chazal explains to us, why does Hashem need your cow?
1:22Why does Hashem need your cow? Does Hashem eat cows? Why does He need your cow? And Chazal explain that in reality, when you see the korban, when you see them slaughter the cow, it should create some serious fear of the Almighty for you, because in essence, you know that it's supposed to be you that's killed and slaughtered, not the cow. You understand? But I still always ask myself, until today, Baruch Hashem, with your merit, I actually had the ability to... Hashem gave me this chidush. I try to understand. Listen, if it's a sin, punish the guy. If it's shogeg, don't punish him. What are you making the guy spend $10,000 on a cow for? It's either a sin or it's not a sin. If it's accidental, chalas, leave him alone. Okay, he knows, he said, he's finished, he's sorry, he cried. Why does he have to bring a cow? Why does it have to be a cow, a chicken, this, a dove? Leave the dove alone, miskena. Leave the cow alone. What, the cow sinned? He sinned. You know, a lot of people, they take these chickens, and on Yom Kippur, during this month, they do kapparot. I sin, I sin, I sin, I sin, they give all the sins to the chicken. If the chicken knew Hebrew, the chicken would say, "I didn't sin, you sinned. Kill you, why are you killing me?"
2:49You should die, not me. I didn't make any sins. And then people want to give these chickens to poor people. Why are you giving all your sins to poor people? You eat the chicken. The chicken didn't sin. You sinned. So now, I ask the question, why is it that you're making the guy spend 10,000 on a korban? He made an accidental sin. Big deal. Leave him alone. This is the chiddush. The chiddush is, here we learn in this Mishnah, 2,500 years ago, it says you should perform a mitzvah, even if it is a small one. Why? Because mitzvah goreret mitzvah. You should perform the mitzvah no matter how small it is. Why? Because one mitzvah leads to another mitzvah. And you should run away from a sin because one sin leads to another sin. So now you have already committed a sin. Shogeg, you lit the light accidentally in Shamayim. You lit the light. You're not allowed to light the light on Shabbat. You're not allowed to turn on a fire on Shabbat. It's not allowed. It's accidental though. So they say, okay, it's accidental. You're not going to be killed, but you have to bring a korban. But either way, in Shamayim, it's still counted as a sin where it's going to lead to another sin. You still, you have now changed.
4:08The heshbon, the accounting in shamayim, your last action was a sin. Which means the Satan has you right there. Got him! I got him! He's right there. He's got you. You made the sin. You're right there. So they say bring the korban right away. Why? Break the chain because the korban is a mitzvah. The korban is a mitzvah. The korban is going to save you before you make your next sin. Bring the korban, make a mitzvah, so the next thing you're going to do is a mitzvah. And mitzvah goreret mitzvah. Mitzvah leads to another mitzvah. Do you think Hashem needs your cow or your chicken? No, they're trying to get you. You have to do a mitzvah right away before you become a kofer gamur.
