The day of Shabbos is a day on which one can easily come closer to Hashem. On Shabbos we come close with love and closeness, not with forceful energy. All the negativity is gone and subsumed within one's good. When our Sages teach us that on Shabbos we should consider all of our work to be done, that includes the work of spiritual improvement. Don't look at your own shortcomings, but fill yourself with joy and pleasure. Forget about any difficulties and don't criticize yourself. It is respite time for any prisoners.
True Teshuvah comes from feeling uplifted. The strength (גבורה) of Hashem is in that which He always approaches man with an abundance of good. Ultimately, it turns the person to good.
The Riyat"z once asked his father what he should be doing the night after Yom Kippur. "Teshuvah," his father answered. "But weren't all of our sins forgiven today?" The answer is that only after one has corrected his relationship with Hashem and recognizes how close Hashem is with us, do we really feel what we have been lacking in our service of Hashem.
True Teshuvah comes from feeling uplifted. The strength (גבורה) of Hashem is in that which He always approaches man with an abundance of good. Ultimately, it turns the person to good.
The Riyat"z once asked his father what he should be doing the night after Yom Kippur. "Teshuvah," his father answered. "But weren't all of our sins forgiven today?" The answer is that only after one has corrected his relationship with Hashem and recognizes how close Hashem is with us, do we really feel what we have been lacking in our service of Hashem.
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