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Repentance - Tishuvah

Repentance - Tishuvah

Question: What is the Jewish concept of Repentance and Tishuvah? The Hebrew word for repentance is Tshuvah-תשובה and literally means to “return to G-d.” Our personal relationship with G-d allows us to turn directly to Him at any time, as it states: * “Return to Me and I shall return to you” (Malachi 3:7) * “when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.” (Ezekiel 18:27) Additionally, G-d is extr
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 11d - THE ATONEMENT PROCESS

Chapter 11d - THE ATONEMENT PROCESS

Continued from Chapter 11d That which is acceptable to God The sacrificial atonement system of the Torah was given exclusively to the Jewish people: “I have given it [the blood] to you ... to make atonement for your souls.” (Leviticus 17:11). A blood sacrifice, in itself, was never enough; it always had to be accompanied by sincere confessionary repentant prayer: “And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing: and he s
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz