Parsha:

Vayikra 

Description

Isn't there a difference between throwing a rock through a window and a ball we hit while playing with friends accidently breaking a window? The outcome is the same in both instances - a broken window. In Torah, the Hebrew word often translated "sin" does not mean "sin" at all. Chet is something, or someone, who has gone astray, who has missed the mark. Even as we miss the mark, even as the yetzer hara gets the better of is, our tradition teaches that our essence remains pure. We can wake up...to get back on target. We can do teshuva!