Collected Talks of David Solomon

#98 The Power of Change, the Challenge of Teshuva (1)

Collected Talks of David Solomon

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The first episode of David Solomon’s Elul Zoom lecture series, The Power of Change, the Challenge of Teshuva, considers early biblical figures whose individual examples of teshuva illustrate a range of human responses to this powerful idea of self-investigation, repentance, and remorse. David examines four biblical stories, those of: Cain Avimelech King Saul King David …

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