MAGICAL AWAKENINGS 40 AWESOME DAYS: DAILY EXCERCISES TO GROW IN OUR SERVICE OF GOD (VOLUME 3) ROSH CHODESH ELUL – YOM KIPPUR

Teshuvah, “Returning”,is not a sad process. It is a process of waking up our soul, of stirring our neshamah, our soulfrom the dust, of breaking out of the bonds that were imposed upon our soul, or that we have imposed on ourselves.

Teshuvah is not only regret. Teshuvah is also a Magical Awakening!

“Uree; Uree”, Wake up; Wake up!

Teshuvah is a way of clothing ourselves in an entirely new wardrobe of kedushah, of honor. Every mitzvah we do forms a new garment for our neshamah. If we stretch out our hand to help someone else, our hand is no longer just physical; it’s wrapped in a garment of beautiful kedushah. The quality of the garment is determined by our thoughts and gentleness when we do the mitzvah.

—HaRav Simcha Leib Weinberg