i do not think now that this was necessary, but...__
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((([ Here is an INCOMPLETE list of things which most religious Jews have of virtue, despite their defeat in sexuality. Even if the one reading this is not religious, he can identify with many of the things here. If you would see a COMPLETE list, you would be OVERWHELMED with seeing the good deeds towards God and man that most people do daily. However, it would get involved into many technical halachic discussions, and would be a major digression.
The gemara says "even the wicked ones are full of mitzvos like a pomegranate". A person who has a semi-understanding of the 613 mitzvos will discover that this is correct:
A) By washIng our hands in the morning, we are doing the mitzvah of netillas yadayim, plus the mitzvah of listening to the chachamim.
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By saying modeh ani, we are saying a praise to God and showing gratitude for your whole life.
C) By putting on tzitzis, we are doing a mitzvah.
D) Each and every time we praise Hashem in prayer, it is an independant virtue. God does not count all of the praises as one mitzvah, just like he would not count all the words of lashon harah as one aveirah.
E) Every time we say a posuk or mishna in davening, we are doing the mitzvah of saying Torah, even though it's in tefillah.
F) By davening in the arrangement of chazal, we are again demonstrating the mitzvah of listening to the chachamim.
G) We say kadosh three times, which has it's own signifacance.
H) By saying the brachos of kriyas shma, we are doing another mitzvah.
I) By saying shma, we are doing yichud Hashem.
J) In the end of shma, we perform the mitzvah of yetziyas mitzrayim.
K) We daven shmonah esray, and in the arrangement of chazal.
L) In shmoneh esray we do a form of tshuva on our falls, in Hasheeveinu.
M) Every time we answer amein, say yihay shmay rabbah, or boruch uvoruch shmo, it is a mitzvah.
N) By putting on tefillin is a mitzvah.
O) In tachanun and shmonah esray we pray on behalf of the welfare of the entire Jewish people, Hashem's children.
P) Doing any mitzvah in public is an additonal mitzvah of kiddush Hashem.
Q) Making brachos on food each time we eat is an additional mitzvah.
R) By greeting people nicely and smiling at them, we are performing mitzvos.
S) By doing acts of kindness for others, we are doing mitzvos.
T) By struggling with lust instead of letting it be our way of life, we are doing a great mitzvah.
U) By reaching out to others and giving them support or words of advice in getting closer to God and being a better person, we are performing great mitzvos.
V) By giving charity with our time, bodies, or money we are doing a mitzvah.
W) By doing good deeds with others and before others, we are helping the continuity of the Jewish people and inspiring others to be like us and do mitzvos and good deeds.
X) By even such small acts such as lending someboday a pen, we are doing mitzvos.
Y) By expressing desires in our minds to be better people, we are doing great mitzvos which are very hidden.
Z)) By reading material that will help us grow, such as this paragraph, we are doing a mitzvah.
_______________________ With the above list, one must admit that although he sins in a particular area, he serves God in many others. Although it is true that in all areas we need big improvements, it does not negate the fact that we serve Hashem 1000 times a day. This fact holds true both for how we feel about ourselves, and for how God views us.)))]]