God does not forgive a person who hurts his friend until he wants him to (Photo: ShutterStock)
On Shabbat we read Parashat Ba.
In the Torah passage, Pharaoh's words to Moses and Aaron are quoted: "And now, behold, I have sinned this once, and plead with the Lord your God, and take away from me only this death."
The Rebbe Rabbi Yosiah Pinto explained in his lesson that one can learn a basic lesson from the words of Pharaoh; God does not forgive a person who hurts his fellow man until He wills it.
The full words of the
day of the week " One he tells Moshe and Aaron that he has sinned against G-d and them, and then he asks Moshe and Aharon to forgive him and that they ask G-d to forgive him and the scourge will come down from the land of Egypt.
It should be made difficult: if Pharaoh says that he has sinned against God and them, then why is he asking them to forgive him and for them to ask God to forgive him and remove the plague from him, then if he is asking that he has sinned against God, to say I ask forgiveness from God and from you , and he will not say I have sinned against God and I ask forgiveness from you and you will ask forgiveness from God, rather I have sinned against God and I ask for forgiveness, I have also sinned against you and I will ask forgiveness from you as well. So why does he ask for forgiveness first from them, after all God is before everything, after all Moses And Aharon in general are messengers of God, so why does he first ask forgiveness from them and then from God?
But it is possible to interpret and say a great foundation, the Mishnah says (Yoma 8:9) transgressions between a person and a place, the Day of Atonement is expiation.
For transgressions between a person and his friend, there is no Day of Atonement for a person to atone until he pleases his friend.
And to make things clear, the Tablets of the Covenant are divided into two halves, God's first words between man and place and God, and God's second words between man and his fellow man. The Holy Torah says that a person who commits an offense between himself and God, and also an offense between him and flesh and blood, God will not forgive And does not forgive the transgressions between him and God until he first asks forgiveness from his friend.
A person cannot be righteous between himself and God and hurt people, a person should know that if he hurts people God will not forgive him until he wants his friend, a person cannot say I will ask forgiveness and forgiveness from God and what I hurt people I will not ask forgiveness for it Because God will not forgive and forgive him until he wants his friend, there is no reality to get along with God"
So the same thing can be interpreted here as well, Pharaoh knew that a sin against G-d is between a person and a place, but what sinned and dishonored Moses and Aaron is between a person and his fellow and G-d will not forgive him for between a man and a place until he fixes the relationship between a man and his fellow.
That's why Pharaoh stands, who was wise and knew how to behave and said first of all I sinned against God and you, and I ask that you first forgive me so that between a person and his fellow man will be clean and corrected and then I will ask for forgiveness from God to forgive me for between a person and a place.
And this is a great foundation, God does not forgive between a person and a place until the person reconciles between a person and his friend, after he forgives between a person and his friend - God will forgive and forgive between a person and a place.
And there are people who think they will be righteous with God, but what hurts and insults their friends or makes them sad, for that they do not need to repent and for that they do not need to make atonement, but you need to know that God will not forgive and atone for it.
A person's answer does not rise to heaven until he wants his friend, because between a person and his friend is one of the great things that hinders between a person and a place.
The way of the earth preceded the Torah, matters between a person and his fellow man are before matters between a man and God, and until a person does not want his friend, God will not forgive him.
David Berger, submitted on behalf of Shuba Israel
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