[Avodah] partial teshuva

[Eli Turkel]

Rambam lists 3 requirements for teshuva
Vidui
regret over the past
acceptance for the future

Many have asked from the story of Elazar ben Dordaya (with numerous answers)

My problem is more fundamental. In real life teshuva is usually a process
and not a single moment
with regret and acceptance and usually not vidui. A person may decide to
eat kosher in the future
without regretting all the delicious shrimp from the past

I rrecently saw a quote from the Mabit (Beit Elokim, Shaar HaTeshuva
p139-140) who claims that teshuva
is different from other mitzvot. Someone who puts tzizit on 3 corners does
not get a partial mitzvah.
However, someone who regrets without leaving the sin or leaves the sin
without regret helps
(mo-il ketzat)


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Eli Turkel
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