For interpersonal sins such as lying or cheating etc, let’s say the wronged (non-Jew) has never been aware of the sin itself or the person moved on and already forgot about it and if reaching out out of nowhere and bringing it up and confessing / apologizing to that person now would cause unnecessary or additional distress / disturbance of peace / emotional harm to the wronged, is it still require to still try and communicate? (Assume this would be the same with communicating through friends or letters etc)
I feel communicating anyway knowing it would cause harm just for the sake of the repentance is not necessarily the right option.
If it would cause additional harm, pain or disturbance, what do rabbis recommend we can do?
In such cases, can we personally repent to Hashem and apologize in prayers and try to make amends in indirect ways (eg. Acts of kindness, charity)?
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