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The Zohar states that repentance does not help for immorality and particularly for one who casts his seed for naught ( Zohar I, 188a, 219b) .

The Rebbe said that this is not true, for repentance helps for all sins (ibid., 62a) .

He also said that he was the only one who truly understood that saying in the Zohar . For repentance truly helps, no matter how much one has sinned. 103 See “ His Wisdom ” #3; Likutey Moharan I, 282. Cf. Yerushalmi , Pe'ah 5a; Sanhedrin 49a; Zohar II, 106a; Yad Chazakah , Teshuvah 3:14; Teshuvot Radbaz 5:6.

True repentance involves never repeating the sin, as discussed in the Rebbe’s works ( Likutey Moharan II, 49) .

You must go through the same situation in which you sinned, but now have pity on yourself and not repeat the sin. Then you will have broken the evil urge and have repented. 104 Yoma 86b. Cf. Likutey Moharan I, 79, 206; “ His Praises ” #16.