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- noun The
Jewish concept ofpenitence .
Etymologies
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True repentance - what we call teshuva, literally return - requires us to commit ourselves to correct the character defects that have led to our misdeeds.
unknown title 2009
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True repentance - what we call teshuva, literally return - requires us to commit ourselves to correct the character defects that have led to our misdeeds.
unknown title 2009
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Last week, Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz, director of the Chai Center in Los Angeles, explained to me the meaning of the Hebrew word "teshuva" -- to fix things you have done incorrectly, not just by never doing them again but by "coming with a sincere heart.
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Last week, Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz, director of the Chai Center in Los Angeles, explained to me the meaning of the Hebrew word "teshuva" - to fix things you have done incorrectly, not just by never doing them again but by "coming with a sincere heart.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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The process and act / s of any Jew becoming more observant of Judaism is called teshuva ( "return" in Hebrew) making the "returnee" a baal teshuva ( "master of return").
Planet Atheism 2009
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Rabbi Steven Z. Leder, a Los Angeles pulpit rabbi, offers up this advice for the Martha Stewart: ‘To me as a rabbi, the real healing, what Jews call teshuva, repentance, comes first from accepting what you’ve done and taking steps to assure that it’s never repeated, and then changing your life in a way that supports better values.
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Now that Weiner has confessed his sins, his responsibility is to make "teshuva," literally "a return" or repentance, Shapiro said.
Cathleen Falsani: Advice For The Gentleman From New York Cathleen Falsani 2011
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Now that Weiner has confessed his sins, his responsibility is to make "teshuva," literally "a return" or repentance, Shapiro said.
Cathleen Falsani: Advice For The Gentleman From New York Cathleen Falsani 2011
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Now that Weiner has confessed his sins, his responsibility is to make "teshuva," literally "a return" or repentance, Shapiro said.
Cathleen Falsani: Advice For The Gentleman From New York Cathleen Falsani 2011
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Now that Weiner has confessed his sins, his responsibility is to make "teshuva," literally "a return" or repentance, Shapiro said.
Cathleen Falsani: Advice For The Gentleman From New York Cathleen Falsani 2011
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