The One Where Adam Discovers Teshuva
Let me tell you about the day that humanity first discovered teshuvah. As the midrash tells it, it all happens on the day Kayin killed Hevel. After that first murder, Kayin accepts HaShem’s verdict as just—he is to be exiled from the land. …
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on September 2, 2021
Dear Friends, Lately, I find myself thinking about breath. We breathe–and punctuate those breaths–in order to make the distinct sounds of the shofar when we blow it on Rosh HaShanah. As Rosh HaShanah marks the first day of God’s Creation of the World, I also think about the Divine breath that “hovered over the water,” before the Divine speech brought light into the world.…
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