[Avodah] partial teshuva

[Ben Waxman]

On 9/19/2012 8:41 PM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> 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)

In YU's To-Go 5773, Rabbi Alex Mondrow, discusses this very issue, using 
rabbinic and psychological sources to describe teshuva as a process, not 
a single step moment.

[See <http://j.mp/OdXovW>, compressed from
http://download.yutorah.org/2012/1053/Rosh_Hashanah_To-Go_-_5773_Rabbi_Mondrow.pdf
-micha]

Ben