(Devarim 31:17) The Ramban expounds further that although the lack of a total confession inhibits complete teshuva, the regret for one’s sins is powerful enough to alleviate the severe ...
Rav Kook in Orot HaTeshuva says that the initial sparks of Teshuva, repentance, are undetectable, existing far beneath the levels of human consciousness. In many places, Rabbi Sacks connects the ...
Rabbeinu Yona in Shaarei Teshuva (3:17) teaches us that the sublime virtues in Judaism (e.g. Talmud Torah, “V’halachta Bidrachav – following in His ways) were given over as Mitzvot Asei ...