“Sin” or “Chet” in Hebrew, means “failure in our relationship with HaShem (G-d).”<\/p>\n
Our goal should be to continually move closer to G-d, But “chet” is behavior which causes us to move away from G-d.<\/p>\n
“Repentance” or “Teshuvah” in Hebrew, means “Return.”<\/p>\n
In this context, it means “Return to G-d” and to behavior required of us by G-d.<\/p>\n
While we deeply regret our movement away from G-d, we should not despair. Rather, we should bear in mind the verse written by King Solomon, the “wisest of men,” in the Book of Kohelet (7,20),<\/p>\n
“There is no one
\nSo righteous in the world,
\nWho does only good,
\nAnd does not sin.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Sin” or “Chet” in Hebrew, means “failure in our relationship with HaShem (G-d).” Our goal should be to continually move closer to G-d, But “chet” is behavior which causes us to move away from G-d. “Repentance” or “Teshuvah” in Hebrew, means “Return.” In this context, it means “Return to G-d” and to behavior required of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":40212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,362,337,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elul","category-months","category-rosh-hashanah","category-yom-kippur"],"yoast_head":"\n