Editing Repentance (section)

== Judaism ==
{{Main|Repentance in Judaism}}
Repentance ({{langx|he|תשובה}}, literally, "return", pronounced ''tshuva'' or ''teshuva'') is one element of [[atonement in Judaism|atoning]] for [[Jewish views on sin|sin]] in [[Judaism]]. Judaism recognizes that everybody sins on occasion, but that people can stop or minimize those occasions in the future by repenting for past transgressions. Thus, the primary purpose of repentance in Judaism is ethical self transformation.<ref name="Telushkin">Telushkin, Joseph. ''A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1 - You Shall Be Holy''. New York: Bell Tower, 2006. p. 152-173.</ref>

A Jewish penitent is traditionally known as a ''[[baal teshuva]]'' (''lit.'', "master of repentance" or "master of return") ({{langx|he|בעל תשובה}}; for a woman: {{Script/Hebrew|בעלת תשובה}}, ''baalat teshuva''; plural: {{Script/Hebrew|בעלי תשובה}}, ''baalei teshuva''). An alternative modern term is ''hozer beteshuva'' ({{Script/Hebrew|חוזר בתשובה}}) (''lit.'', "returning in repentance"). "In a place where ''baalei teshuva'' stand", according to [[halakha]], "even the full-fledged righteous do not stand."<ref>''Koren Talmud Bavli: Berakhot'' 34b. Editor-in-chief, Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. 
 Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2012. See commentary by Adin Evan-Israel Steinsaltz on p. 230.</ref>