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Enjoy the Work of Teshuvah

JL;DR SUMMARY Cindy Scarr explores the concept of serving Hashem (God) with joy, especially during the High Holidays and the process of teshuvah (repentance). A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HolidaysYom KippurSpiritual GrowthTeshuvahJewish ThoughtAvodas HashemMitzvotJoyDubno MaggidRav Yerucham Levovitz

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Jerusalem, Israel
"Commenting on the famous pasuk (Devarim 30:14), Ki karov eilecha hadavar meod, bficha uvilvavcha, laasoso, the Maggid tells of a merchant who came home from an overseas buying trip."

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