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Meaning of teshuva | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
tɛˈʃuːvə

Definitions

  1. The Jewish concept of penitence.
  2. A responsum.

Equivalents

Deutsch Teschuwa
עברית תשובה
Русский тшува

Examples

“The message that through sincere teshuvah and resolution, light and gladness can be achieved by all, is most fitting for the opening of the Yom Kippur service.”
“As I maintained in my teshuvah about Kitniyot, just as the original custom of not eating Kitniyot related originally to all the Pilgrim Festivals but the prohibition ended up sticking to Pesaḥ, the same thing happened regarding Shabbat Hagadol.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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