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Haazinu 5760Volume 20 · Issue 6
Book of Originality
The Rambam writes (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:7), “Yom Kippur is the time of repentance for all—for the individual and for the community, and it is the end of pardon and forgiveness for Israel. Therefore, all are obligated to repent and confess on Yom Kippur.”
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Shoftim 5770Volume 7 · Issue 1
A Word to the Wise
These forty days are divided into two parts. One part is the month of Elul, which is the time until Rosh Hashanah, and the second part is the Ten Days of Repentance. Both parts, however, are a single entity. The topic is not a month and ten days but forty days: “I am devoted to my Beloved, and my Beloved is devoted to me,” and each of the four Hebrew words whose
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Naso 5773Volume 9 · Issue 30
Sustenance of Hope
The entire essence of King David is repentance. Of him it says (Shmuel II 23:1; Avodah Zarah 5a), “The man who was established ahl, on high,” which the sages interpret as, “The man who established ohl, the yoke of repentance.” This was his accomplishment, his creation
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Shoftim 5756Volume 18 · Issue 1
Understanding Through Error
The sages often ascribe repentance to the attribute of understanding. This is stated in the part of the Zohar called Raaya Mehemna where the commandment of repentance is stated: “They shall confess their sins that they have committed” (Bamidbar 5:7; Zohar 3:122b).
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Yisro 5773Volume 9 · Issue 19
True Focus
Time of Repentance
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Vayelech 5766Volume 2 · Issue 5
Yom Kippur: Rebirth Through Torah
…events. The following clarifies the profound exposition of the Rambam (Hilchos Teshuvah 5:5), as all commentators explain on the Mishnah, “All is foreseen, yet rashus, authority, is given” (Avos 3:15; rashus does not mean permission…
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Haazinu 5767Volume 3 · Issue 6
Yom Kippur: True Identity
The Rambam writes (Hilchos Teshuvah 3:3), “Just as man’s merits and sins are weighed at death, so every year the sins and merits of every individual in the world are weighed on the festival of Rosh Hashanah. He who is found righteous receives a verdict of life and he who is found wicked receives a verdict of death, but the intermediate person is held in abeyance until Yom Kippur—if he repents, he receives a verdict
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Ki Seitzei 5771Volume 8 · Issue 2
Blessed Life
The Maharal (Derush LeShabbos Teshuvah 67a) explains at some length why the lifespan of man changed specifically in the days of King David, and he writes that the subject is profound. Following is a slight elaboration of his words.
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Vayelech 5776Volume 12 · Issue 5
Liberated
The Rambam writes (Hilchos Teshuvah 3:3), “Just as man’s merits and sins are weighed at death, so also, every year the sins and merits of each individual in the world are weighed on the festival of Rosh Hashanah.”
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Naso 5765Volume 1 · Issue 14
Torah and Prayer
Repentance
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Behar-Bechukosai 5762Volume 22 · Issue 27
Continuity and Change
Expression of Repentance
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Vayeira 5772Volume 8 · Issue 7
Footsteps of the Messiah
wicked. “And the spirit of the Lord hovered…,” this refers to the spirit of the Messianic King…. In what merit is he drawing near? Of this, it says, “Hovered over the face of the waters,” meaning in merit of repentance, which is compared to water, as it says (Eichah 2:19), “Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the face of God.”
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Ki Seitzei 5772Volume 9 · Issue 2
Catalyst of Renewal
In essence, the concept of comprehension is repentance, as it says (Yeshayahu 6:10), “Lest they see with their eyes, and with their ears, hear, and their heart comprehends and they repent, and they are healed.”
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Noach 5761Volume 21 · Issue 7
Forbearance
Repentance
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Bamidbar 5767Volume 3 · Issue 31
Shavuos: Birth of King David
look for someone who could rectify his sin and return the world to its original state. Who will bring to the world anew the true human form that he ruined? He discovered King David, whose essence of being is repentance, and whom the Talmud therefore calls, “the man who established the yoke of repentance” (Avodah Zarah 5a).
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Shoftim 5771Volume 8 · Issue 1
Destiny of the Year
The primary time for prayer is during the Ten Days of Repentance, as the Rambam states (Hilchos Teshuvah 3:4). Those days, in and of themselves, require an abundance of prayers, pleas of forgiveness, and supplications of grace. In other words, the obligation of prayer during the Ten Days of Repentance
