Daniel Rynhold on Thinking Repentance Through

“When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty; then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall make restitution for this trespass in full.” So reads chapter 5 of the book of Numbers. Repentance is on the Jewish mind these days. The time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called the Ten Days of T’shuvah—the Ten Days of Repentance—and during it observant Jews engage in prayer and penitence.