For G-d’s Sake or My Sake
“Return, Israel, unto Hashem, your G-d, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.” (Hoshea 14:2) In general, when one does teshuva, if the iniquity was done in a public forum, the teshuva must also be done in a public forum, in order to counter the chillul Hashem that the sin caused. We all understand this, [...]