Rosh Hashana - No More Hiding: How to Own What You Did Without Losing Who You Are

Why does Adam HaRishon hide after he sins—and why, when Hashem confronts him, does he immediately blame Chavah and even Hashem? Because once an aveirah feels like a revelation of who I am, the truth becomes too dangerous to face.In this shiur, delivered in MMY, Rav Burg explores the difference between guilt and shame, why vidui must be spoken aloud, and why Hashem begins with the gentle question of Ayeka—“Where are you?” Teshuvah does not ask us to despise ourselves. It gives us the safety to take radical responsibility: to name exactly what we did without allowing it to define who we are. The Yamim Noraim ask whether we can stop hiding and tell Hashem the whole truth—the truth about what we have done, while remembering the deeper truth about who we are.