teshuva
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From Hebrew תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá, “teshuva”, literally “return”), from ש־ו־ב (“return”).
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teshuva (uncountable)
- (Judaism) The Jewish concept of penitence.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 161:
- The message that through sincere teshuvah and resolution, light and gladness can be achieved by all, is most fitting for the opening of the Yom Kippur service.