August 28, 2009 by Rabbi Kedar
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Friday, August 28, 2009
8 Elul 5769
Throughout the entire year, you should always look at yourself as equally balanced between merit and sin, and the world as equally balanced between merit and sin. If you perform one sin, you tip the balance and that of the entire world to the side of guilt and bring destruction upon yourself. On the other hand, if you perform one mitzvah, you tip the balance and that of the entire world to the side of merit and bring deliverance and salvation to yourself and others. This is implied by Proverbs 10:25: “A righteous person is the foundation of the world,” – that is, one who acts righteously tips the balance of the entire world to merit and saves it.
-Maimonides, The Laws of Repentance 3:4
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