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Questions tagged [repentance-teshuvah]

Questions pertaining to repentance for one's past sins and transgressions and the concept of teshuvah

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how to survive if you are hanging on to some aveiros

Is there a strategy or saying / quotation (chasidish, chazal, etc.) that addresses what to do if there are some aveiros that one is not ready to give up on but wants to feel good about doing the other mitzvos? Sometimes these aveiros become big in…
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Hakanah; Teshuva Process

I'm reading the Artscroll biography Reb Elyah. It mentions that he completed a six year Teshuva process known as Hakanah, which includes almost constant fasting and other acts out of love for Hashem, as well as a year long Taanis Dibbur, a fast from…
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What can I do to change myself permanently through the repentance process?

I find myself in much the same state each year before Rosh HaShono. I don't know what was wrong with my attempt at teshuva but the outcome was that despite my best intentions I have not accomplished all the change that I hoped for last year. What…
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Any hope for people who say, "I will sin then repent, sin then repent"?

One who says, ‘I will sin, then repent; I will sin, then repent’ is not permitted to repent. (Masechet Yoma 85b) What happens to somebody who says to himself, "I will sin then repent, sin then repent," then does exactly so numerous times in a…
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Does a blanket request for forgiveness effect teshuva?

As Yom Kippur approaches each year, I often see people in leadership positions make blanket requests like "if I have hurt any of you this year, I ask that you forgive me". Are these requests in any way effective when it comes to doing teshuva? It…
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How to do teshuva for making fun of a rabbinic explanation?

Does a non-Jew in the process of converting need to repent for making fun of a statement that was reportedly made by a Jewish sage (e.g. saying that 'no one with a mind can accept it')? If so, what do Jewish sources say regarding how to go about…
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How does one do Teshuva?

Apologies for the seemingly simple question, but I feel it is appropriate for this time of year. How do we actually do it? I know the Rambam says Regret, Confess, and Resolve, but I also know that Shaarei Teshuva has a much lengthier process. I am…
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Where can I see the letter/proclamation the Chafetz Chaim wrote about the major natural disasters in his time?

There were multiple large natural disasters in the past two months. The Jewish newspapers referenced a letter from the Chafetz Chaim saying that HaShem does natural phenomena in the world to spur us to do Teshuva and cling to Him. As a background of…
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Recividism and teshuvah

There is a rampant opinion that, since recidivism rates are so high, one can never trust and assume that a person has done teshuvah and no longer poses a threat to the public. I wonder if anyone can support such a claim from a Torah perspective. I…
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What is Teshuvah?

I’m trying to understand what Teshuvah is, is it repenting and ceasing evil or also restitution? I ask because restitution is not always possible
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How is Teshuva right before death possible?

There are instances in the Talmud, like that of Elazar ben Dordaya, where one does Teshuva right before death. My question is how this is possible. Teshuva, as I understand it, is a process in which one must actually be in the same situation for the…
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Natural disasters and Israel

Is there any correlation of an uptick in natural disasters and ימים נוראים? The basis is from the gemara in yevamot אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בַּר אֲבִינָא: אֵין פּוּרְעָנוּת בָּאָה לָעוֹלָם אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הִכְרַתִּי…
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Parameters of a Cheshbon Hanefesh

I've come across the concept of a Cheshbon Hanefesh (eg. in Garden of Emunah). Is this a universally recognised thing? Is there any halacha about it? Do different opinions consider it to be compulsory/voluntary? Are there different opinions on…
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Negative t'shuva or positive t'shuva?

If one were to accept upon oneself a single mitzva to perform as carefully as possible as a first incremental step toward full t'shuva, should that mitzva be a negative commandment or a positive commandment? I imagine that answers to this question…
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Apologizing On Shabbath Day

Being that one is supposed to be happy on Shabbath, on The Shabbath Day, is one allowed to apologize to one they wronged?
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