#19: Elul I - Why Do We Keep Making the Same Mistakes? - With Rabbi Zimmerman

Podcast: Asking For A Friend - Timely Issues. Timeless Torah. · Kehillas Federation

Opublikowano: 2026-08-23

Every Elul, we promise ourselves that this year will be different. We’ll change, improve and leave old habits behind. So why do we so often find ourselves back in exactly the same place? In the first of this special Elul series, Mena Reisner sits down with Rabbi S. F. Zimmerman to explore what Elul and teshuvah are actually asking of us. Is Elul meant to be a time of fear or closeness? What does genuine teshuvah look like? Why is lasting change so difficult? And if we keep repeating the same mistakes year after year, do...