Why change is so hard?

Change is very very hard – the truth is, change is pretty easy – it depends what you’re changing from.

For example, the Jews in the times of the first holy temple were sinning in idolatry, in adultery and in murder; yet within seventy years they completely rejected it and never returned to it; however, in the time of the second temple, the Jews were steeped both in Torah and in good deeds, yet the temple was destroyed over the sin of warrantless hatred between people.

Why is it so hard to change warrantless hatred?

As we have occasion to mention, for it is the hidden sin.

How can what is revealed, be hidden?

Because there are two types of sins:

Those which we do out of passion and those which we delude ourselves we do out of justice.

When the crime is one of passion, it takes no great genius to realize one’s error.

However, if we think we are standing for justice, when in truth we are jealous – yet as jealousy rationalizes hatred under the guise of justice (e.g. Nazi Germany and in fact all antisemitisim, including current anti-Israel-semitism all clouded in rationalizations) hence it is impossible, for the person who is sinning, to recognize that they are sinning.

So there is but a simple limitus test, which can instantaneously reveal to you if you are good or bad.

Are you being kind?