Igeret HaTeshuvah: Chapter 1 - Part 2: Tammuz 8
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Pat
November 29, 2012
Fasting on Yom Kippur is part of "afflicting your soul" in Leviticus 16:29? Reply
Anonymous
Los Angeles, CA
June 28, 2012
Will those souls who were cut off by Hashem be resurrected during techiat hametim, the resurrection of the dead? Reply
Shmuel
Brooklyn, NY
July 17, 2011
Fasting is not a mean of doing Tshuvah?????
If fasting is not a main component of Tshuvah,
How come we have to fast during Yom Kippur, which is one of the most holy day of our calendar?
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June 21, 2018
in response to Shmuel:
That's not the main form of Teshuva, it's one of them. Reply
cutting off souls In my understanding according to chapter 1 mishnah 1 of Tractate Kerisus, this happens when somebody transgresses any of 36 negative commandments but isn't liable to death by the rabbinical court. This can only happen if the transgression was witnessed by people eligible to testify before the bet din about that transgression, and the qualifications are in Makkot. If that can't happen, Gd will perform keritut, which is killing off all one's descendants before the transgressor himself dies.
AFAIK that has nothing to do with resurrection.