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When looking into the Slichot prayers, one notices that very little has to do with asking for forgiveness, as much as asking for redemption.

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When it comes to tshuva, the observant Jew whose tshuva isn't about starting to keep kosher or shabbos has a much more difficult task at hand.
Rav Setinzaltz addresses the difficulty as well as the beauty of what awaits this type of person.

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What place does learning have in the month of Elul, a month where the prayers and beseeching is generally highlighted?

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Based on the 27th chapter of Tehilim, a chapter we begin reciting daily during this time, Rav Steinzaltz ob'm provides us with a new understanding of the tshuva we engage with in this time.

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Rav Kook's opening Elul remarks are for any heart that is open to learning how to cleave to what matters in this world.

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