Last week we learned about “vidduy”-“confession” Vidduy is a necessary step in our return to Hashem. Vidduy is admission to Hashem of our failures. The act of admission is not an easy step to take. The failure to acknowledge one’s failures is a sign of both immaturity and arrogance.
Today we will discuss the necessity of confessing our shortcomings not to Hashem but to people. The Gemarah teaches that when we sin against a fellow human being we must seek our victim’s forgiveness before we seek Hashem’s.