Machshava:

Teshuva 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Oros Ha'teshuvah

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We shy away from the regret that teshuvah (repentance) requires because it is painful. Unhealthy remorse can lead to depression, but healthy regret brings joy. The anguish of remorse is a fire that burns away the bad of the past while illuminating the future. "In a place where a ba'al teshuvah (penitent) stands, a tzaddik gamur (person who was always righteous) does not." A cataclysmic failure can cause a person to shun the questionable movies, TV, Internet, and magazines that led us there. If co-ed camps were really separate, they wouldn't need to claim that a moat separates the boys from the girls.