Five Points of Repentance

The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, enumerated five distinct times for Teshuva—each to rectify another aspect of the individual:[1]

The month of Elul: The person rectifies the garments of the soul—thought, speech and action.

The days of Selichot: These days focus on mending one’s emotions.

Rosh HaShana: One corrects their intellect.

Between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur: The focus is on remedying one’s will.

Yom Kippur: One corrects the innermost aspect of pleasure.

[1] Igros Kodesh, Previous Rebbe, Vol. 3. Pg. 483

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