The Repentant

"I must say, we Christians have often avoided the word 'repent' which seemed too tough. But now under attack from the world we realize that it's necessary to repent" Pope Benedict said.

Rebbe Yehuda HaNasi who compiled the Mishna/Learning, seminal seed of the Talmud/Book of Law 2000 years ago is quoted as saying, By looking into three things a person will be prevented from doing wrong: know there is a presence above you, the eye sees the ear hears, and everything we do is inscribed into the book.

The Torah teaches that the worst pain after death is looking into that book and being embarrassed. The Book of Esther, which comes from the word Hester/Hidden because God’s Name is never mentioned, relates how the king commands the evil Hammon to hurry and bring the vestments to honor Mordicai the leader of the Jewish People

Hammon secretly was plotting to kill Mordicai and all the Jewish People in the Persian empire 2500 years ago. The Cabala points out that he must hurry because once Moshiach comes he will not longer be able to repent.

Tshuva/Repentance is rooted in the word Tshuv/Return; Charzir/Pig also means to return and Hadar/Beautiful has the same meaning in Aramaic. The pig because he only has the outer manifestation of kosher is considered the epitomization of the hypocrite, but if he hurries and repents he can make it beautiful.