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except for: “You shall not take the name of YHWH, your God, in vain” (Exodus 20:7), about which the Torah states: “For God will not absolve him who takes His name in vain” (Exodus 20:7). The Talmud answers: It is not that this is the only negative mitzva that is not a minor transgression; rather, it
The Talmud proposes: Come and hear from that which was taught: R' Yehuda says: For any sin from “You shall not take the name of YHWH, your God, in vain” and below, i.e., prohibitions less severe than that, repentance atones. For any sin from “You shall not take the name of YHWH, your God, in vain
Come and hear from a different source that was taught: Since it was stated at Horeb with regard to repentance: “Absolve,” one might have thought that even the transgression of: “You shall not take the name of YHWH, your God, in vain” is included among them; therefore, the verses states: “Will not
The Talmud answers: This is a dispute between tanna’im, as it was taught in a baraita: For what does repentance atone? It atones for a positive mitzva and for a negative mitzva that can be rectified through a positive mitzva. And for what does repentance suspend punishment and Yom Kippur atone? It
§ Since the Talmud cited this baraita, it now clarifies part of it. The Master said: Since it was stated at Horeb with regard to repentance: “Absolve.” The Talmud asks: From where do we derive this concept that repentance was mentioned there? The Talmud answers: As it was taught in a baraita that R