Halacha:

Elul 

Machshava:

Rosh Hashana 

Parsha:

Ki Tavo 

Collections: R' Rubenstein Parsha Series

Description

This is a Rosh Hashanah shiur arguing that teshuva isn't about erasing sin but about closeness — that Hashem judges us favorably because we're His children, and the shofar itself is the mechanism that makes that closeness undeniable in the courtroom of din. It weaves together the Rambam, kabbalistic ideas about the shofar's "illuminated face," and a string of chassidishe stories to make one point: our relationship to Hashem, not our record, is what carries the day.