What should you do if you have committed a sin for which you realize you will never be able to fully atone?
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Is God going to forgive you just because you spend a lot of time in synagogue praying during the High Holidays?
Is honesty always the best policy or are there times you are obligated to lie?
The Ten Commandments only appear to contain nine commandments; after all, in the first commandment God simply informs us that he is the Lord that has taken us out of slavery in Egypt. Why are the Ten Commandments referred to as the “Ten Commandments” if they only contain nine commandments? What lessons is God teaching us?
We all make mistakes, the key is to recognize our mistakes and take corrective action before more damage is done. Judaism survived the revolt against Rome because there were those that realized that the revolt was doomed to failure and an alternative course was needed.
We tend to think of God as a king who commands. However, if you read the Torah closely you can also hear God speaking to you giving you advice on how you can help yourself.
How can we maintain our faith in the face of tremendous adversity? Even Moses needed reassurance!
We humans we are inherently self-centered. How can you make a partnership with another work? 
Though we think of the ancient sacrifice service as archaic we learn practical lesson from the meal offering, be yourself but your best self. In fact, this is a lesson that Jacob our patriarch learned the hard way.
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