{"id":13066,"date":"2025-12-22T20:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=13066"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:06:50","slug":"the-reason-why-it-is-called-shabbat-teshuva","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-reason-why-it-is-called-shabbat-teshuva\/","title":{"rendered":"167. The Reason Why It Is Called\u00a0Shabbat Teshuva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I heard on&nbsp;<em>Shabbat Teshuva<\/em>, October 9, 1948, Tel-Aviv<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason why it is called \u201cShabbat&nbsp;<em>Teshuva<\/em>\u201d [Sabbath of repentance] is that (at the end of the ten penitential days, on the Day of Atonement) we say \u201cfor a sin.\u201d And anyone who examines the \u201cfor a sin\u201d does not find his place there, at least in sixty percent, and forty percent can be explained and excused, perhaps there is a doubt that he does not feel there. But in sixty percent he certainly does not find himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why there is the&nbsp;<em>Segula<\/em>&nbsp;[power\/virtue\/cure] of the Shabbat: The light of the Shabbat can shine and show, so one can find himself in all one hundred percent of the \u201cfor a sin,\u201d that this was established only for him, and not for others. But without the light, we do not feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why it is called \u201cShabbat&nbsp;<em>Teshuva<\/em>&nbsp;[repentance].\u201d The Shabbat is good for&nbsp;<em>Teshuva<\/em>, so we can feel the sin. This is because first we must confess the sin, and then ask for forgiveness. But if we say \u201cfor a sin\u201d without feeling the sin, what kind of confession is this? After all, he is saying in his heart that he did not sin. 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