{"id":69696,"date":"2020-02-04T21:25:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T19:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=69696"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:00:24","slug":"speaking-is-believing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/speaking-is-believing\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Is Believing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[501,400,377],"acf":{"old_id":"69696","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":37561,"related_cahpter":"409","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the 43 sins Jews enumerate on Yom Kippur in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Chet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prayer, 11 have to do with speech. The liturgy prompts us to beat our chests for sins such as impure speech, foolish talk, denial and lying, and slander. The prayer even begins by offering a \u201ccatch-all\u201d confession for all the ways we misuse the power of speech for evil. Of all the ways we move in the world, from our thoughts to our deeds, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Chet <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prayer reminds us that our speech has a huge impact on how we relate to God and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This chapter of Jeremiah, which continues a monologue of destruction that God will bring to the disobedient Israelites, clearly emphasizes the importance of engaging in truthful and kind speech to others. In the first eight or so verses, God proclaims the charge against the Israelites: they have lied to each other and used their mouths to cheat and deceive. This sin of turning against one another by intentionally speaking lies is an indication that the Israelites have turned against God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A people who has become accustomed to lying to each other cannot be trusted to relate to God with holiness.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we were truly faithful to God, we would not use our speech for such ill gains. We would speak to each other with respect and dignity, honoring truth and speaking clearly. We might think that our actions are what matters most: we show what we care about by \u201cputting our money where our mouth is.\u201d Judaism is a particularly action-oriented religion, with laws dictating how we act at every moment of the day. But this chapter teaches us that our actions are important, but our speech is paramount. Our speech is the greatest indicator of our character. 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