Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vayelekh

Does Repentance Always Bring Forgiveness?

Do confession and repentance necessarily bring atonement in their wake? In Devarim 30, Hashem implies that they do, promising that if we return to Him, He will return to us, have mercy, and return the people from exile. Yet, in Parashat Vayelekh, the Torah describes how the people's confession of their sins will lead, not to forgiveness, but rather redoubled punishment! How is it that Hashem rejects the nation's repentance?

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