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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>Many of us at one time or other <span class=GramE>have</span>
thought that after a while, the idea of <span class=SpellE>teshuva</span> loses
its value since every year it’s the same thing. In other words, if I did <span
class=SpellE>teshuva</span> last year and was sincere and vowed never to repeat
my transgressions, then why in the world must I start over every <span
class=GramE>year.</span> What value was my <span class=SpellE>teshuva</span>
originally if I have to keep repeating <span class=GramE>it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>The answer is instructive.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE><b><u><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Teshuva</span></u></b></span><b><u><span
style='font-weight:bold'> is a life long process</span></u></b>. As an old
commercial read: “You never outgrow your need for milk” —
likewise, you never outgrow your need for <span class=SpellE>teshuvah</span>.
In fact, the wiser you become, the more you realize the greater the need for <span
class=SpellE>teshuva</span>. As we once may have thought that doing <span
class=SpellE>teshuva</span> is an exercise in futility — even if we keep
repeating our transgressions, the mere sincere attempt at <span class=SpellE>teshuvah</span>
is praiseworthy!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>Hopefully, we all lamented, repented and cemented...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Lucida Sans"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans";mso-bidi-font-family:David;
color:black'>Isaiah 1:18</span></font><font size=5 color=black><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:David;color:black'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font size=5 color=black
face=David><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:David;
color:black;mso-bidi-language:HE'>àÄí-éÄäÀéåÌ
çÂèÈàÅéëÆí</span></font><font
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HE'> </span></font><font size=5 color=black face=David><span lang=HE dir=RTL
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ëÌÇùÌÑÆìÆâ
éÇìÀáÌÄéðåÌ</span></font><font
size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>Richard Wolberg<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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