לְמִימֵ֨י אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם סַרְתֶּ֤ם מֵֽחֻקַּי֙ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם שׁ֤וּבוּ אֵלַי֙ וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמֶּ֥ה נָשֽׁוּב׃
Mula pa noong mga araw ng inyong mga ninuno ay lumihis na kayo sa Aking mga batas, at hindi ninyo tinupad ang mga ito. Manumbalik kayo sa Akin, at Ako'y manunumbalik sa inyo, sabi ng Walang-Hanggan ng mga Hukbo. Ngunit sinasabi ninyo: “Sa ano kami manunumbalik?”
Duties of the Heart
It is also said: "return to Me and I will return to you" (Malachi 3:7).
Duties of the Heart
The explanation of the first case: That the lacking was in a positive commandment which does not carry the punishment of Karet (spiritual excision), such as tzitzit, lulav, sukka, or the like. When the person repents on them in his heart and in speech, and exerts himself to fulfill them, and does not repeat his neglect to do them, the Creator will forgive him, and he will be equal to the tzadik who never sinned in them. On such a penitent, it is said: "one who repents from a sin is as if he never sinned", and our sages said of them: (Yoma 86a) "one who transgressed a positive commandment which does not incur Karet (spiritual excision) and repented - he is forgiven right away, as written: 'return to Me and I will return to you' (Malachi 3:7)".