The Rabbis of the Talmud wrote of the spiritual potency of teshuvah, a genuine return to one’s self, heartfelt repentance. They wrote that teshuvah has the power to transform one’s intentional ...
Repenting for individual sins seemed too small in the face of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, writes Rabbi Amy Eilberg.
We don’t know what the impact and the implications are, or will be, when we do teshuvah in a world drowning in evil and ...
If one can’t unwind what’s been warped in the course of a year, then how do we perform teshuvah? If one can’t go home again, then to what place are we meant to return? Mentioned in dozens of ...
But I’d like to suggest a slightly different way to understand Gd’s return–not as Gd returning from a place of exile, but actually Hashem doing Teshuvah- a radical idea that Gd at this time ...
One kind of Teshuvah, the moral type, means working out harm done to other people by taking responsibility and apologizing. The other kind of Teshuvah is harder to describe. The second Teshuvah ...
Shana Tova, my fellow Jews. As Yom Kippur approaches, our thoughts naturally are focused on teshuvah, acknowledging our prior ...
Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, began on evening Oct. 2 and last through the evening on Oct. 4 this year. Here's what ...
The holiday ends the 10-day period known as Days of Teshuvah, which is variously translated as repentance, return and change, ...
At sundown this Friday, Jews across the world will begin Yom Kippur when they will fast and reflect on wrongdoings from the ...
How do we celebrate the Jewish day of atonement? As Yom Kippur 2024 arrives, here's a step-by-step guide to repentance, hope and forgiveness.
The mothers of Hamas' hostages are desperate for a Gaza cease-fire deal: "If you were to put the mothers in the room, this ...