The Jerusalem Bridge
תְּשׁוּבָה
teshuvah
return, repentance · noun (f.)
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Literally just "return" — the word does not picture guilt so much as a road home. Teshuvah is turning back around, not punishment.

שׁוּבוּ אֵלַי וְאָשׁוּבָה אֲלֵיכֶם.

"Return to me, and I will return to you" (Malachi 3:7).

What does teshuvah — turning back around — look like in your own life right now?

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