YOM KIPPUR: UNDERSTANDING REPENTANCE

One of the Hebrew words for repentance is Teshuvah. Teshuvah comes from the Hebrew root word, “Shuv”. Shuv is the Strong’s number <7725>. which means, ‘to return, turn back, to restore, refresh or repair’

The rabbis teach that the God of Israel created the concept of repentance before He created the universe (Nedarim 39b) because the God of Israel would not create the world knowing that man would sin without giving man an opportunity to repent from his sin.