CONFESSION It is a good thing to pour out your heart and confess all your sins before a Torah scholar. Sin is in essence a denial of Godliness. Therefore when a person confesses his sins it is an acknowledgement of the sovereignty of God. God’s sovereignty is then exalted and restored to its root, and the power of the forces denying Godliness is broken. Through confessing in this way and expressing what is in your heart you will eventually come to understand how everything that happens is for your own good. You will acknowledge that “God is good and does good.” This is the formula of the blessing we make on hearing good news. Today, we still have a separate blessing for news that is not good. But our Sages said that in time to come there will only be one blessing — the one for good news (Pesachim 50a). This will be when we will realize that everything is for the best. To achieve this realization is to have a taste of the World to Come (Likutey Moharan I, 4:3).
וִדּוּי דְּבָרִים
א. עַל־יְדֵי וִדּוּי דְּבָרִים לִפְנֵי הַתַּלְמִיד חָכָם הָאֱמֶת, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה מַעֲלֶה בְּחִינַת מַלְכוּת דִּקְדֻשָּׁה לְשֹׁרְשָׁהּ, וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה מְבַטֵּל מֶמְשֶׁלֶת הָעַכּוּ"ם, וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכֶה לֵידַע שֶׁכָּל מְאֹרְעוֹתָיו הֵם לְטוֹבָתוֹ וִיבָרֵךְ עַל הַכֹּל "הַטּוֹב וְהַמֵּטִיב", שֶׁזֹּאת הַבְּחִינָה הִיא מֵעֵין עוֹלָם הַבָּא: (לק"א סי' ד' אות ג')
CONFESSION
It is a good thing to pour out your heart and confess all your sins before a Torah scholar. Sin is in essence a denial of Godliness. Therefore when a person confesses his sins it is an acknowledgement of the sovereignty of God. God’s sovereignty is then exalted and restored to its root, and the power of the forces denying Godliness is broken. Through confessing in this way and expressing what is in your heart you will eventually come to understand how everything that happens is for your own good. You will acknowledge that “God is good and does good.” This is the formula of the blessing we make on hearing good news. Today, we still have a separate blessing for news that is not good. But our Sages said that in time to come there will only be one blessing — the one for good news (Pesachim 50a). This will be when we will realize that everything is for the best. To achieve this realization is to have a taste of the World to Come (Likutey Moharan I, 4:3).