Reply To: Bain Adam L'chaveiro Vs. Bain Adam L'makom

Haleivi: If you had caused pain to your friend and then later he totally forgot the whole episode, Yom Kippur will not atone even though the pain is completely gone within your friend’s heart at this point. This can hardly be compared to erecting an idol and asking Hashem for teshuva while it is still presently standing.

The logic of the words of Rabbi Akiva stating that Yom Kippur cannot alone atone for bain adam l’chaveiro sins is definitely NOT the same logic as the saying in the Gemara elsewhere “Tovel V’Sheretz B’yodo”; since that reasoning applies to all mitzvos bain adam l’chaveiro and bain adam l’makom alike, and therefore no differentiation by categorization [bain adam l’makom/bain adam l’chaveiro]is necessary as in the words of Rabbi Akiva.

I am not ‘separating’ the simple understanding of mitzvos bain adam l’chaveiro from their deeper understanding. However, you are denying the existence of the ‘simple understanding’ from being present in the framework and structure of the mitzvos bain adam l’chaveiro in the Torah.

“V’Uhavta L’reiacha Kamoacha Zeh Klal Gadol B’Torah”-means natural good middos are the basic rule and structure [in its simple understanding form] of the TORAH-Mitzvos A’saih Bain Adam L’chaveiro Written In The Torah, [Not Middos Tovos Of Mesecheta Pirkei Avos].