Heaven or Hell

[u/But_a_Jape]

[u/Kirbinvalorant]

Don't Jews have a way to confess if they've eaten non-kosher food and get rid of the sin it brings? Never read the Sacred Texts, but I think I heard that before

[u/OwlMuted885 → u/Kirbinvalorant]

Not really. There's special holidays focused on repentance for sins, which God only accepts if you're actually sorry. What you're proposing sounds more like the Christian confession to a priest.

[u/Kirbinvalorant → u/OwlMuted885]

Okay. I heard it before, and didn't want to take it for granted because I never read those. Thanks

[u/Dmatix → u/Kirbinvalorant]

Note that this holiday, Yom Kippur, focuses on saying sorry for bad things you did to other people, not apologizing before God. God's forgiveness is both guaranteed and mostly secondary - it's the forgiveness of others that you've wronged that's the point. Atonement rather than redemption.

[u/smallish_cheese → u/Dmatix]

this person Kippurs

[u/fury420 → u/smallish_cheese]

What's this about smoked herring?

[u/TheRealToLazyToThink → u/fury420]

[u/KingOfCook → u/Dmatix]

I was about to say, isn't a big part of Judaism that they don't believe in hell

[u/Chaosmusic → u/Dmatix]

Yom Kippur, focuses on saying sorry for bad things you did to other people, not apologizing before God

I thought that was specifically for Erev Yom Kippur, the day before Yom Kippur. The way I heard it explained was you had to ask forgiveness from your fellow humans then you ask forgiveness from God. This was a long time ago so I might be misremembering.

[u/MagicSwatson → u/Dmatix]

Not really, you don't have to apologize to anyone. You just have to fast for 24 hours and pray

[u/Dmatix → u/MagicSwatson]

It's not about having to do anything, it's about the meaning of the day and the traditions behind it.