How Teshuvah Reconnects Us to the Torah

Tikkunei Zohar 33:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

Because if a person does not recognize who is the One who gave Torah to that person, and what the person is supposed to observe, how would the person fear and observe the mitzvot? And regarding this the rabbis said: an ignorant cannot be pious, and a boor cannot fear sin (Avot 2:5).

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