by Andy Oram
~ At High Holidays we speak intently and repeatedly of T’shuvah (תשובה), by which we mean repentance or returning to God. T'shuvah does mean "return", but it also means "answer." We have to answer both God's and a world that is dying before our eyes.
How can we answer? How can we approach the
High Holidays with the urgency demanded us of from the modern world? In these
times of imminent destruction, we also seek an answer to our plea for
deliverance. And when seeking answers, Jews turn back to the riches of Torah.
The word t'shuvah derives ...
