Editing Baal teshuva (section)

==Interpretation==
According to [[Maimonides]]'s ''[[Mishneh Torah]]'' a ''ba'al teshuvah'' stands higher in ''[[shamayim]]'' (lit. 'heaven') than a "[[frum]] from birth", even higher than a [[tzadik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/137090/jewish/Tzaddik-The-Baal-Teshuvah.htm|title=Tzaddik — The Baal Teshuvah|author=Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin|website=[[Chabad.org]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah%2C_Repentance.7?lang=bi|title=Laws of Repentance 7:4, citing Berakot, 34b. C. G.|work=[[Mishneh Torah]]}}</ref>

According to the teachings of the [[Torah]], "whoever judges himself will not be judged"; however, in the described history of [[Talmud]]ic times and early [[Hasidism]], many tzadikim were able to "see" the transgressions of others.{{Citation needed | reason="The quotation needs a source listed."|date=June 2022}}

{{blockquote|Mar b. R. Ashi said: I am disqualified to judge in a scholar’s lawsuit. What is the reason? Because I love him as much as I love myself, and a person is unable to find fault with himself.<ref>Finkel, Avraham Yaakov. ''Ein Yaakov'' [[Jason Aronson]], Inc (p. 116)</ref>}}

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