This Shabbat is called Shabbat Tshuva (Sabbath of Repentance) because it is one of the "Ten days of Repentance" from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur.
But really the term "Tshuva" implies much more than just repentance.
Here is a story that I hope helps to explain this, and also its connection to Parshat VaYailech.
Rabbi Mendel Futerfass was a very active Chassid (follower) of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, in the most oppressive years of Stalin's regime. Years earlier, Stalin had declared war on all "counter-revolutionary forces" in Russia, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his Chassidim, who secretly encouraged and spread Judaism, were considered public enemy number one.
But really the term "Tshuva" implies much more than just repentance.
Here is a story that I hope helps to explain this, and also its connection to Parshat VaYailech.
Rabbi Mendel Futerfass was a very active Chassid (follower) of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, in the most oppressive years of Stalin's regime. Years earlier, Stalin had declared war on all "counter-revolutionary forces" in Russia, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his Chassidim, who secretly encouraged and spread Judaism, were considered public enemy number one.
The Weekly Sedra – Vayelech
This Shabbat is called Shabbat Tshuva (Sabbath of Repentance) because it is one of the “Ten days of Repentance” from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur.
But really the term “Tshuva” implies much more than just repentance.
Here is a story that I hope helps to explain this, and also its connection to Parshat VaYailech.
Rabbi Mendel Futerfass was a very active Chassid (follower) of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, in the most oppressive years of Stalin’s regime. Years earlier, Stalin had declared war on all “counter-revolutionary forces” in Russia, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his Chassidim, who secretly encouraged and spread Judaism, were considered public enemy number one.
