QUESTION:
Is there a tikkun (remedy for the soul) for the sins involving violating Bris Kodesh? It says that a person needs to fast 84 times in order to atone for this sin, but nowadays this is not possible. So is there any alternative tikkun that a person can do in order to atone for this sin?
ANSWER:
There are many different ways of tikkun for this sin, and the root of all of them is the concept of exercising the power of mesirus nefesh (giving up one’s will). However the way that is closer within reach for most people is to bind one’s thoughts constantly on the Creator, to involve the mind constantly with learning His Torah, amidst pleasantness and calmness and not out of pressure or strain. There are also those who are careful to do the “Pidyon Reshash” at least once in their life, which carries the same weight as fasting 84 times.
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