According to Rambam, there are 3 steps in the teshuva process: regret, acknowledging/owning up, and committing to not repeat the harm. This song is dedicated to the courageous belief that conflicts are normal, and are opportunities for internal, interpersonal, and collective growth & healing from trauma. Thanks to Sharon Lerman for creative collaboration with the English section of Nigun Teshuva.
She’harshut ata b’yadenu
Ra’ui lanu lachzor biTeshuva
We return to do teshuva
To release our cycles
Own up to mistakes,
We return to do teshuva
We choose to repair harm
We choose to shift our ways
We choose to learn and unlearn
We return to do teshuva
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Translation
It is fitting to return (to yourself, people, the earth, G~d) by practicing teshuva /reparations
And to let go of and stop repeating our unholy actions.
The choice lies within our own hands-- right now!
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