Al Chet 12

Exploring the Al Chet Prayer
Rabbi Shraga Simmons

12. For the mistakes we committed before You while gathering to do negative things.
Engaging in evil as a lone individual is bad enough. But just as the secular courts treat "conspiracy" more seriously, so too God despises the institutionalizing of bad habits.

Ask yourself:
Am I part of a regular group that discusses negative things?
Did I participate in a gathering that led to negative activities?
Am I careful to associate only with moral and ethical people?

 Al Chet  # 12

44 Roots of Mistakes
by George Brock

The Sin:  Mistakes done while gathering to do negative things.

The Battle:  Positive attitude {vs} Negative attitude.

The Cause:  Negative Attitude.

Attitude- is more important than facts, circumstances,failures, success and what other people- think, say or do.

The Victory:  At any given moment- we have a choice regarding the attitude we will embrace in that moment. We can not change the fact that people will act in a certain way or that we will go through tests and trials.

The Goal:  The goal is to stay focused on- “Making the world a better place”.

 

“If one would  sacrifice the (superficial) for the Essential. The (temporal) for the Permanent and the (particular) for the whole. One would then gain the victory over one's negative attitude and achieve a positive response to every situation. One must keep the faith and remember

Thus every situation is a stepping stone to make a- “Better you”.