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In this Shiur
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Timed to Hoshana Rabbah and the release of hostages after two years in captivity, Rabbi Silber hears in the joy of families reuniting with their loved ones a message from Hashem to every Jew standing at the close of the Yamim Noraim season: whatever you look like, whatever you've done, whatever you've been through, just come home. He teaches that so many of us stay distant from Hashem because we feel too broken or too damaged to be loved, when in truth the only thing a parent wants from a child is for them to come back, unconditionally. The healing and the road back to normalcy can all be figured out together, once we simply come home.
Teshuva does not require having it all figured out first; Hashem's only request is that we come home.
Feeling too broken or too damaged to be loved is a lie that keeps many people from returning to Hashem.
A parent's love for a child, like Hashem's love for us, does not depend on how the child looks or what they have been through.
Healing and change can happen after we come back; they are not a precondition for coming back.
Whatever you have done or haven't done, the door home is always open.
