Isaiah 55:6-9 (NIV)  6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;    call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways     and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,     and to our God, for he will freely pardon.  

6 With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[a] with your God.

Leviticus 4:32-35 International Standard Version 32 “If he brings a lamb for his offering, he is to bring a female without defect. 33 He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 34 Then the priest is to take blood with his finger and put it on the horn of the altar for burnt offering. Then he is to pour the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 35 Then the presenter is to remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. The priest is to burn it on the altar over the offerings made by fire to the Lord. This is how the priest will make atonement for him concerning the sin that he had committed. It will be forgiven him.”

Leviticus 5:6-7. Complete Jewish Bible 6 and bring his guilt offering to Adonai for the sin he committed; it is to be a female from the flock, either a lamb or a goat, as a sin offering; and the cohen will make atonement for him in regard to his sin.  7 “‘If he can’t afford a lamb, he is to bring as his guilt offering for the sin he committed two doves or two young pigeons for Adonai — the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

Leviticus 5:11 International Standard Version 11 “If he can’t afford[a] two turtledoves or two young doves, then he is to bring as his offering a tenth of an ephah[b] of fine flour as a sin offering for what he has committed. He is to put no olive oil or frankincense on it, since it’s a sin offering.

Exodus 8:25-27 New International Version 25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”  26 But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? 27 We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”    

Exodus 10:1-2 New International Version The Plague of Locusts  10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”

Exodus 11:4-7 New International Version 4 So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. 6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. 7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.  

Exodus 12:1-11 New International Version The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread  12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a] for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover. 

Exodus 12:12-14 New International Version 12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.  14 “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.  ………….26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”  …….29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

Psalm 51:17 (NIV) 17 My sacrifice, O God, is[a] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart  you, God, will not despise. 

1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV) ..To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 

Amos 5:22-24 International Standard Version 22 And[a] if you send up burnt offerings to me     as well as your grain offerings, I will not accept them,     nor will I consider your peace offerings of fattened cattle. 23 Spare me your noisy singing—     I will not listen to your musical instruments.[b] 24 “But let justice roll on like many[c] waters,     and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.

Micah 6:6-8 International Standard Version The Nature of True Righteousness  6 How am I to present myself in the Lord’s presence     and bow in the presence of the High God? Should I present myself with burnt offerings,     with year-old calves? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,     or with endless[a] rivers of oil? Am I to give my firstborn to pay for[b] my rebellion,     the fruit of my body in exchange for[c] my soul? 8 He has made it clear to you, mortal man, what is good     and what the Lord is requiring from you— to act with justice,     to treasure the Lord’s[d] gracious love,         and to walk humbly in the company of your God.

Hosea 6:6 International Standard Version 6 For it is love that I seek,     and not sacrifice;         knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 14:2 (NIV) 2 Take words with you and return to the Lord.  Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[a]    

Deuteronomy 30:8-10 International Standard Version Prosperity in Obedience  8 “So now, return and obey the Lord your God and observe all his commands that I’m giving you today, 9 and the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all that you do, along with your children,[a] your livestock, and the produce of your fields, because the Lord your God will again be delighted with you for good, just as he was delighted with your ancestors, 10 if you obey him[b] and keep his commands and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you return to him[c] with all your heart and soul.

Jonah 3:6-10 (NIV) 6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles:  Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9 Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”  10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. 

Mishlei - Proverbs - Chapter 11 4Riches will not avail on the day of wrath, but charity will save from death.  5The righteousness of the innocent will straighten his way, but the wicked will fall in his wickedness. 

Mishlei - Proverbs - Chapter 21 2Man's every way is straight in his own eyes, but the Lord counts the hearts.  3Performing charity and justice is preferred by God to a sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 7:14 International Standard Version 14 when my people humble themselves—the ones who are called by my name—and pray, seek me,[a] and turn away from their evil practices, I myself will listen from heaven, I will pardon their sins, and I will restore their land.

Jeremiah 36:3 International Standard Version 3 Perhaps the house of Judah will hear about all the calamity that I’m planning to bring on them, and so each of them will turn from his wicked way and I’ll forgive their iniquities and sins.”

Ezekiel 18:27-28 International Standard Version 27 When a wicked person quits[a] his wicked behavior[b] and does what’s just and right, he’ll be enabled to live.[c] 28 Because he reconsidered his transgression and turned away from everything that he had been doing, he’ll certainly live and not die.

Ezekiel 18:23 International Standard Version 23 “I don’t take delight in the death of the wicked, do I?” asks the Lord God. “Shouldn’t I rather delight[a] when he turns from his wicked ways and lives?

Ezekiel 18:30-32 International Standard Version A Command to Repent  30 “Therefore, Israel, I’m going to judge you according to the behavior of each and every one of you,” declares the Lord God. “So repent and turn from all your sins so that sin won’t keep on being a stumbling block for you. 31 Stop your transgressing—the deeds by which you’ve rebelled—and then make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, you house of Israel? 32 I don’t take pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord. “So repent, so you may live!”  

Ezekiel 33:11 International Standard Version 11 “Tell them, ‘As certainly as I’m alive and living,’ declares the Lord God, ‘I receive no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Instead, my pleasure is that the wicked repent from their behavior[a] and live. Turn back! Turn back, all of you, from your wicked behavior! Why do you have to die, you house of Israel?’”

Ezekiel 33:19 International Standard Version 19 and when the wicked turn away from their wickedness and do what is just and right, he will certainly live because of that.

Proverbs 15:8-9 International Standard Version 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,     but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 9 The lifestyle of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,     but he loves those who ardently pursue righteousness.

Proverbs 21:3 International Standard Version 3 To do what is right and just     is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:27 Complete Jewish Bible 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;     how much more when he brings it with vile motives.

Isaiah 1:13 International Standard Version 13 Stop bringing useless offerings!     Incense is detestable to me, as are your New Moons, Sabbaths, and calling of convocations.     I cannot stand iniquity within[a] a solemn assembly.

Isaiah 1:16-18 International Standard Version An Invitation to Reconciliation  16 “Wash yourselves,     and[a] make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior     from my presence;         stop practicing what is evil. 17 Learn to practice what is good;     seek justice, alleviate oppression,[b]     defend orphans[c] in court,         and[d] plead the widow’s case. 18 “Please come,     and let’s reason together,” implores the Lord. “Even though your[e] sins are like scarlet,     they’ll be white like snow. Though they’re like crimson,[f]     they’ll become like wool.

Isaiah 43:23-25 Complete Jewish Bible 23 You have not brought me sheep for your burnt offerings, you have not honored me with your sacrifices. I didn’t burden you by requiring grain offerings. or weary you by demanding frankincense. 24 You have not spent money to buy me sweet cane or filled me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your crimes. 25 I, yes I, am the one who blots out your offenses for my own sake; I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 55:7 International Standard Version 7 Let the wicked forsake his way,     and the unrighteous person his thoughts. Let him return to the Lord,     So he’ll have mercy upon him, and to our God,     for he’ll pardon abundantly.

It is appropriate to say aloud what you believe in order to strengthen the conviction in your heart. For example: There is one G-d and His name is One. (Zech. 14:9).

Jeremiah 31:29-30 (NIV) 29 “In those days people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes,    and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’  30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.

Jeremiah 36:3 International Standard Version 3 Perhaps the house of Judah will hear about all the calamity that I’m planning to bring on them, and so each of them will turn from his wicked way and I’ll forgive their iniquities and sins.”

1 Kings 8:46-50 International Standard Version 46 “When they sin against you—because there isn’t a single human being who doesn’t sin—and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to the land that belongs to their enemy, whether near or far away, 47 if they turn their hearts back to you[a] in the land where they have been taken captive, repent, and pray to you—even if they do so in the land of their captivity—confessing, ‘We have sinned, we have committed abominations, and practiced wickedness,’ 48 if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, as they pray to you in the direction of their land that you have given to their ancestors and to the city that you have chosen, and to the Temple that I have built for your name, 49 then hear their prayer and requests in heaven, where you reside, and fight for their cause, 50 forgiving your people who have sinned against you, along with their transgressions by which they have transgressed against you.  “Show your compassion in the presence of those who have taken them captive, so they may show compassion on them,

1 Kings 8:35-36 International Standard Version 35 “When heaven remains closed, and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray in the direction of this place, confessing your name and turning from their sin when you afflict them,[a] 36 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. Indeed, teach them the best way to live and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance.

http://noahide-ancient-path.co.uk/index.php/judaism-articles/mesora/2013/08/jesus-cannot-be-god-disproving-all-other-religions/ Jesus died for your sins is a view that goes against God’s system of reward and punishment.   God’s system of Torah punishes the wicked, and rewards the righteous person. Someone else (Jesus) cannot atone for you. Yes, this is an easy, pleasant solution to one who is guilt ridden from sin. Judaism does not support this concept at all. See Ezekiel, Chapter 18. It discusses how God punishes each man “for his own sins”, against Christian ideas of Jesus dying for mankind’s sins. The Torah (The Old Testament) says this as well in Deuteronomy, 24:16: “Fathers are not killed for their son’s (sins) and sons are not killed for their father’s (sins), each man in his own sin will be killed.”     Christianity contradicts God’s very words.

The founders of Christianity understood that if man can save himself from eternal damnation through his own initiative and obedience to God, the church would have very little to offer the human race.  Moreover, if righteousness can be achieved through submission to the commandments outlined in the Torah/(Old Testament), what possible benefit could Jesus’ death provide for mankind?

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/607499/jewish/Teshuvah-Repentance.htm

Teshuvah means to regret some mess-up you made, and resolve never to do it again. 

We can’t tell you how to feel regret or resolve; it’s just something that happens inside. But we can give you a few tips on how to clean up the mess a mess-up leaves in its trail. You see, that teshuvah feeling inside actually empowers you to clean up the mess. Here’s how:

Step One: Say it out loud.

How: At night, or sometime when you are alone, say out loud, “Dear G‑d, I am sorry for the sin I did in Your presence by [your sin goes here].” There’s a specific prayer for this in your prayerbook, called vidui, which we say on Yom Kippur. You can say vidui and add this line at any point.

When you hear your voice saying how much you regret what you did, it hits much deeper inside.Why: Somehow, when you hear your voice saying how much you regret what you did, it hits much deeper inside. Your words help to pull that mess out of you, so that you can throw it away forever.

Step Two: Fix up what you did

How: Apologize and compensate to whoever may have been affected by your mess-up. If at first they don’t forgive, keep trying until they get unreasonable.

Why: If your mess-up was something between you and somebody else, then it wouldn’t be fair for G‑d to forgive you without involving that somebody.

Step Three: Charity

How: Just give a lot more than you’re used to giving.

Why: A mess-up diminishes life; charity means to give life. Charity heals the world, and your soul as well.

Step Four: Move up in life

How: Compensate for whatever happened. Do better, act nicer, learn more.

Why: The mess-up event acts like inertia to drag you down. It has to be turned around into an incentive to pull you higher.

Teshuvah is powerful. Of course, we don't sin to do Teshuvah, but according to our sages, a sin can take you higher than all the mitzvahs could ever reach—if you do teshuvah out of love. Love for G‑d, for His Torah and for your precious soul.

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