While people should in fact do teshuva for all their sins, they should not be paralyzed by the enormity of the work that needs to be done. The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a ...

Most mitzvot summon us to perform tangible actions. Teshuva cannot be reduced to ritual or gesture. It demands intent, sincerity, and inner upheaval. Teshuva is a command of the heart and of the soul.

Rabbi David Samson is co-author of the book “The Art of Teshuva” based on the teachings of Rabbi Kook. Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being a part of a wonderful educational team for a three-day ...

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Rabbi Shlomo Aviner is head of the Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva in Jerusalem's Old City. In the beginning of Rambam’s Hilchot Teshuva, we read: “If a person has transgressed any mitzvah in the Torah…when he ...

“My anger will flare against it on that day and I will forsake them, and I will conceal My face from them, and they will become prey, and many evils and distresses will encounter it. It will say on ...

We are currently in the thick of what I like to call Teshuva Season. Starting with Rosh Chodesh Elul and continuing through Hoshana Rabbah, this time of year gives us a full seven weeks of reflection, ...

Editor’s Note: Due to a printing error, many readers did not see this part 3 of the series in last week’s Jewish Press. We are printing it this week, and will conclude the series in next week’s issue.

Teshuva is a command of the heart and of the soul. Most mitzvot summon us to perform tangible actions. The emotions we bring to these acts may enrich the mitzvah, deepening the experience, but they ...