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Why Rabbi Akiva Cried
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The Talmud says that when Rabbi Akiva
would study the Torah, when he got to
this verse, Rabbi Akiva would cry.
Why would Rabbi Akiva cry? Rabbi Akiva
said to himself, well, if the Torah says
you need an atonement when you wanted to
do an aveira
and you didn't even do the aveira
properly, you didn't even do an aveira,
and the Torah says
you need an atonement.
This is where the thumb goes up,
gentlemen. So, kal vachomer, all the
more so if a person intended to do an
aveira and did an aveira, all the more
so you need an atonement. That's where
Rabbi Akiva would cry. The the the
magnitude of responsibility that we
carry for doing an aveira, you need an
atonement when you didn't even
successfully do an aveira, so certainly
you need an atonement when you do
successfully do an aveira. That's where
Rabbi Akiva would cry.