וְהָיָה֩ כִֽי־יָבֹ֨אוּ עָלֶ֜יךָ כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה הַבְּרָכָה֙ וְהַקְּלָלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֙ אֶל־לְבָבֶ֔ךָ בְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִדִּיחֲךָ֛ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ שָֽׁמָּה׃
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt bethink thyself among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
Flames of Faith
Even the sinner has an inner point—his yechidah—that is perfectly righteous. Teshuvah is when he returns to this inner essence and allows it to influence the rest of his personality. Perhaps this is the meaning of the verse, Ve-hasheivosa el levavecha (Deut. 30:1), which is literally translated, “Take it to heart,” but it may also mean, “Return to your heart.”227See further Noam Elimelech, Parashas Vaeschanan, s.v. hishamer lecha, who writes, “A person should constantly consider his Heavenly soul... for if he does not know himself he will definitely not know the Almighty.”