Does HaShem Overlook Sins? Parashat Kedoshim

And anyone that says, anyone that says that is just going to let things go, he doesn't care. Yeah, he wasted some seed. Yeah, he violated some Shabbat. Yeah, he ate a few non-kosher sandwiches here and there. Yeah, he was with the Niddah, but she ended up being his wife anyway. Yeah, this, yeah, that, but you know what, Rabbi? Hashem understands. Hashem needs him anyway. He does his mitzvot. Hashem needs these mitzvot. Anyone that says things like this, aside from being a kofer, Hashem will punish him extra. They have made him the priority. They have all types of campaigns talking only about him and literally never mentioning God at all. This is a problem, especially when you see that there are still the same horrific problems within all Jewish communities, not just Chabad, when it comes to actually understanding what is kedusha, what is holiness, what is holy. Holiness is not just something that you learn from a single book. Holiness is not just something that you do when you get a chance. To be holy is simply a life mission. And a person that wants to connect to Hashem has to understand that this is a priority. One of the things that you'll see many times is that you'll see organizations, Jewish organizations, pop up left and right. Little young people trying to start a organization or a YouTube channel, and they'll start with all types of things. And many times you'll see that some of these things look good, but end up bad. They look like they had the good intentions, but then when everyone found out that it's fee-based or it's a money money-oriented, that's the primary focus, not helping people do teshuvah. So, many times you see that these things have a good advertising, good marketing, but in reality, it's a trap like the business world. So, it's important for a person to know that to be holy is not something that requires money. To be holy is is is your own personal service to to by following the instructions that and his have put into the world. We're going to go over some of these things because it has everything to do with our parashah as it always does. Everything is always in a parashah and not seven now. You have a weekly parashah parashah says you to you because I am You be holy because I am holy. Of course, we discussed this last week where I'm Israel is a holy nation, but we can never be holy like a so what does that mean? We have to do certain things in order to emulate now of course the beginning of the parashah starts talking about the issues of and then later on all types of you know corrupt businesses and then later on continuation of last week's parashah parashah that talks about the issues of what we called meaning the the issues of morality or immorality as unfortunately today has become standard. Now the question is what do these things have to do with each other? What is the details of how to bring a whether to do this or to do that have anything to do with the issues of Russia and the beautiful thing is is that everything in always connects. The Torah is the spiritual nervous system of humanity of the world. It's what instituted in the world and always connects that always has everything to do with everything. The more you learn, the more you'll be able to connect more dots to it. So in the beginning of the parashah, you have a Torah says people say Translation. You have a situation here where the Torah talks about bringing a korban. This is in the beginning of the parashah. It's a chapter 19 verse number seven. Where Torah says, "But if it shall be eaten on the third day, it's a pigul and it will not be accepted. Anyone of those who eat it will bear his sin for he has desecrated and the consecrated offering of Hashem, that soul will be cut off from its people." So here Rashi discusses it and Onkelos elaborates further. Or vice versa actually. Onkelos discusses it and Rashi elaborates further. Where Onkelos says that here we have two different two different things being discussed. First, the Torah says, "If somebody brings a korban, but the intent of the one that's slaughtering it is that it shall be eaten on the third day, then that korban is rejected. It'll be considered a pigul and it will not be effective for appeasement." Secondly, it says that one who eats it will incur liability for his sins. For he has desecrated the consecrated offering of Hashem, that person will be eliminated from his people. So these are two different things even though they seem like they're one in the same, they're two completely different issues. One issue Rashi explains is that if the one that's slaughtering is bringing this korban, he's about to go and slaughter it, but he's thinking, "You know what? I don't feel like eating steak today. I know I only have a limited amount of time to eat this korban. It's really not for me. I'm in the mood for maybe chicken. Maybe I'm in the mood for uh you know maybe some shakshuka, maybe some spaghetti meatballs. I'm not in the mood for for for this. Or better yet, the guy that brought the korban. The guy that brought the korban himself, he is not sorry about his sin. He doesn't actually he care. In fact, he is upset about the fact that he has to spend $25,000 on a cow because he made a sin accidentally. Because if you made a sin intentionally, then it's a it's death penalty. It's not there's no korban for intentional sins. The the korbanot the sacrifices are for accidental sins. So he doesn't really he's not really sorry. Hakadosh Baruch Hu knows what's in our heart. Hakadosh Baruch Hu knows what's in our mind. This is part of our 13 principles of faith. And that korban is not accepted. It's called a pigul. Either because the one that's slaughtering it and or the one that the kohen is not intending on doing it the right way. He's not going to eat it in the time that he's supposed to eat. He doesn't have the right intentions, the right kavannot. Or the one that actually brought it as a sacrifice, he does not have the right intentions. He's not sorry. He's not looking to honor Hashem. He's just trying to fit in within the community. He doesn't want people to say, "Oh, this guy doesn't go to the Beit Hamikdash." He doesn't want people to say lashon hara about him or bad things. So he pretends like he's playing along. Unfortunately, you see that a lot today where people can come to synagogue every single day. And while everybody else is praying, they're talking. You ask the guy, "When did you actually have time to pray?" He goes, "No, no, don't worry. I prayed. I prayed. I prayed at home." So why'd you come to synagogue? To socialize? Yeah, exactly. I like it. So you have a lot of situations like this where you have in every community you'll have somebody that is not really connecting to the mitzvot. He but he still pretends to be religious, still looks religious. She still looks religious. But they're as far away from Hakadosh Baruch Hu as idolatry. On the other hand, you have a situation after the first situation. Hakadosh Baruch Hu says, "That korban is worth nothing. He just wasted $25,000. It's a It's a uh it's not accepted. BUT, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S THE PUNISHMENT. MEANING, he's not There's no death penalty to anybody. Nobody's going to get whipped. Nothing. That's it. It's just you wasted money, you wasted time. That's where the punishment ends. On the other hand, Rashi says, is that if somebody makes his makes the sacrifice the right way, but he the uh the guy had the right intentions. He brought the He brought the uh the cow, he brought the sheep. He brought it. He had the right intentions. But, the kohen he said, "You know what? I'm full. I don't feel like eating. You know what? I'm going to eat it I'm going to eat it in a couple of days. It's a lot. It's too much to eat. I'm not going to eat it. I'm going to eat it in a couple of days." Yeah, but Torah says you're not allowed. Torah says you have a limited amount of time to eat it and you can't eat it after that. And if you eat it after that, you have a very serious problem. What's a serious problem? The problem is he'll be eliminated from his people. He'll be eliminated from his people. Shem Yishmael Yisrael. You're talking about karet. It's all karet. So, the question is question number one, why aren't they the same punishment? On one hand, the first guy he didn't have the right intentions. And Hakadosh Baruch Hu says, "You don't have the right intentions. I'm not even going to let you in." The second guy had the right intentions, but the the uh the kohen ate it after he was supposed to eat it. That's karet. We're talking about a world apart in punishment. It's a very, very big variance here. We're not talking about one guy got, you know, a 1 year in jail the other guy got two years in jail. We're talking about one guy got for lack of a better word waste of time punishment meaning he wasted time. That was his punishment. He wasted money. That was his punishment. But that's it. That's where it ends. It's not correct. It's not death penalty. It's not a malachite. He's not getting whipped. Nothing. There's not even a pishkevil that's going to go on the walls of the community saying this guy did SOMETHING WRONG. THAT'S IT. IT ends there. A Kadosh Baruch Hu is not interested IN THE KORBAN. WHY? HE didn't have the right intentions. And the other end the guy did simp- he had the right intentions but the second guy ruined it because he ate it 15 minutes after he WAS SUPPOSED TO. 1 minute after he was supposed to. 1 minute after he's allowed to eat it he ate it karet. We're talking about a world of difference between the two punishments. Why? It's very simple. A Kadosh Baruch Hu judges everything precisely. And anyone like the Gemara says anyone that says that a Kadosh Baruch Hu vatran a Kadosh Baruch Hu is just going to let things go he doesn't care. Yeah he wasted some seed. Yeah he violated some Shabbat. Yeah he ate a few non-kosher sandwiches here and there. Yeah he was with a nidah but she ended up being his wife anyway. Yeah this yeah that but you know what Rav Hashem understands. Hashem needs them anyway. He does his mitzvot. Hashem needs these mitzvot. Anyone that says things like this aside from being a kofer a Kadosh Baruch Hu will punish him extra. Why? Kadosh Baruch Hu doesn't forgive anything. Doesn't let go of anything. If you don't do teshuvah for a sin you have a punishment waiting for you. It's There is no such thing as no punishment if a person doesn't do teshuvah. There is no such thing. There's no such thing as a person going up to Shamayim with a boatload of sins and he's not going to get punished for them. Even if he has a boatload of of mitzvot he'll get rewarded for for mitzvot he'll get punished for the averot. To think for a moment that everyone is going to heaven no matter what despite their sins, especially the the the the cardinal sins, the idolatrous sins, the the chilul Shabbat sins, the chilul Hashem sins, the the all of those sins if a person doesn't do full teshuvah for those sins, Hakadosh Baruch Hu is not letting go of those things. There is no such thing as Hakadosh Baruch Hu is going to pass.