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else entirely. Perhaps the Mishnah is
referring to people who look into the
future and sees themselves — and
his Shabbat, the Shabbat
the world — caught in a constant
between Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur, is called Shabbat cycle of sin and repentance.
If so, then the Mishnah
Shuvah, "The Shabbat of
is telling us that if we look
Repentance' It receives its
at falling short of our ideals
name from the first word
as an inevitable reality each
of the haftarah, from the
and every year and assume
prophet Hosea: "Shuvah!"
that next year we will be
"Return 0 Israel, to the
repenting again, our teshu-
Lord your God."
vah is not going to be suc-
From the beginning of
cessful. We have to believe
the month of Elul through
that one year we are going
the High Holy Days, we
to be completely successful
immerse ourselves in tes-
in our efforts at teshuvah,
huvah: repentance, return-
Robert
and that one year our world
ing. We seek to realign
Dobrusin
is going to be redeemed.
ourselves with our core
Special to the
Otherwise, we really don't
values and seek to return
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believe in the full effect the
to the path that we know
process of teshuvah can have.
in our hearts is the correct path.
No human being is perfect and we
This process of teshuvah is repeat-
haven't seen a perfect year yet. But
ed year after year, and at some point,
maybe this is the year when all the
we might ask ourselves whether it is
pieces come together and we achieve,
really worth it. While we may make
together, all that we can be as human
improvements from one year to the
beings and send the message to God
next, we usually don't feel as though
that the time for redemption has
we have made giant steps towards
come.
being better people; and when we
Of course, it seems too much to
consider the state of the world around
hope for. But if we don't really believe
us, we wonder if we'll ever really
it could happen this year, then we will
merit the promised redemption.
be forever trapped in the cycle of sin
If we begin to feel this way, then
and repentance. It's vital to repent.
a comment from the Mishnah may
But our common goal must be to
help. The Mishnah teaches: If a per-
believe in the day when we no longer
son says, "I will sin and repent, I will
have to. ri
sin and repent;' teshuvah will not be
successful.
Robert Dobrusin is rabbi at Beth Israel
The straightforward meaning of
Congregation in Ann Arbor.
this text seems to be that a person
who consciously decides to sin know-
ing that he or she will always be able
to repent later is acting improperly.
Tehsuvah is not an "escape clause"
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that allows us to do whatever we
Jewish tradition believes that
want, knowing we can always repent
one day the world will return to
later.
the perfection of Eden. Do you
But there may be another mes-
believe this in your heart? How
sage in this mishnaic text. Perhaps
can you help to make it happen
by repeating the words, "I will sin
this year?
and repent, I will sin and repent',' the
Mishnah is talking about something

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Shabbat Shuvah, Parshat Ha'azinu:
Deuteronomy 32:1-52; Hosea 14:2-10,
Micah 7:18-20, Joel 2:15-27.

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