תְּשוּבָה

תְּשוּבָהf. (b. h.; שוּב) 1) return to God, repentance. Ab. IV, 11, v. תָּרִיס. Pes.54a שבעה … תורה ת׳וכ׳ seven things were created before the world was made, they are: the Law, repentance Ib. 119a (ref. to Ez. 1:8) זה ידו … כדי לקבל בעלי ת׳ that is the hand of the Lord which is spread under the wings of the Ḥayoth (v. חַיָּה I) to receive the repentant sinners. Ber.34b מקום שבעלי ת׳ עומדין וכ׳ where the repentant sinners stand, the perfectly righteous are not permitted to stand, for it is said (Is. 57:19) Yeb.21a (in Chald. dict.) הני אפשר בת׳ הני לא אפשר בת׳ these sins (of incest) may be remedied by repentance, but those (of giving false measures) cannot be remedied by repentance (because you can make no restoration). Pesik. R. s. 28 (ref. to Ps. 137:2) בא ודאה עפרה … לת׳וכ׳ come and see (the power of the love of) the dust of the land of Israel for repentance: as long as they were in the land of Israel, Jeremiah said to them, do penance, ; a. fr. 2) reply, answer. Sabb.88b החזיר להן ת׳ give them an answer (refute their argument). Pes.94a מה ת׳ השיבתו בת קולוכ׳ what was the reply the divine voice gave to that wicked man (Nebuchadnezzar), when he said (Is. 14:13), I will rise ?; Ḥag.13a. Snh.91a החזירו לו ת׳ make your argument against him; לא מצאו ת׳ they could find nothing to reply. Ib. 105a, v. נִצֵּחַ. Ab. Zar.44b ת׳ גנובה, v. גָּנַב; a. fr.Pl. תְּשוּבוֹת. Yoma 12b שתי ת׳ בדבר חדאוכ׳ there are two arguments against it, first that ; Keth.87b; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 20 בעל ת׳, v. בַּעַל.