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The sin of stealing
is more difficult to do chuvah for than
the sin of immorality. Why?
Why?
Doesn't make sense.
Rabbi, what are you TALKING ABOUT? SO
HARD FOR ME TO STOP WATCHING THESE
THINGS. It's so hard, but stealing, no,
I'll I'll I'll give the money back.
The problem is
the problem is when somebody committed
immorality, they know. There's no such
THING AS SOMEBODY NOT KNOWING THAT THEY
COMMITTED IMMORALITY. HE KNOWS what he
did. SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE DID. AND
THEREFORE, if they truly want to do
chuvah for it, they want to repent,
then they know they need to do it. They
either want to fast a million times or
they want to donate money to replace the
fast, but certainly they have to do
chuvah AND STOP IT. POINT is they know
they did the crime
and
they have
clarity of what they need to fix if they
want to fix it.
But when it comes to stealing,
the sages teach that the average person
does not consider his stealing stealing.
AND THEREFORE,
HE DOESN'T EVEN THINK HE NEEDS TO DO
CHUVAH FOR BEING IN THE CASH ADVANCE
BUSINESS AND ROBBING PEOPLE of their
livelihood by charging them 80%
interest. He doesn't think he needs to
do chuvah for that.
He doesn't think he needs to do chuvah
for selling PEOPLE SECOND-HAND GOODS AS
brand new. HE DOESN'T THINK HE NEEDS to
do chuvah for that. He doesn't think he
needs to repent for that. He doesn't
even consider it stealing. Well, they
got what they got. What's the problem?
He doesn't think he needs to do chuvah
for walking into
his competitor's store not because he
wants to buy, but just to check out what
his competitor is doing. How is he
selling these suits? How is he selling
these motorcycles? How is he selling
these cars?
So he comes pretending to be a customer.
AND GUESS WHAT?
THE TORAH SAYS HE IS A THIEF.
HE STOLE.
WHY? Because the store clerk, the boss,
the house thinks others a customer in my
store.
And you just stole from him.
