This final part in David's four-part Zoom series in the lead-up to Yom Kippur, The Power of Challenge, the Challenge of Teshuva, looks at the issue of repentance and forgiveness within community.

David examines three fascinating and, at times, heartbreaking stories from Jewish History of people who have:

- accepted their mistakes,
- sought communal acceptance of their penitence,
- found revelation in teshuva.

Exploring the experiences of:

- Rabbi Yonah of Girona, a medieval rabbi who explored the concept of seeking forgiveness for misdeeds from the deceased;
- Uriel de Costa, a 17th-century radical thinker with a tragic story of communal punishment; and
- Franz Rosenzweig, the 20th-century philosophy who found inspiration in the idea of teshuva.

In each of these episodes, David draws out the principle of individual repentance and its relationship to communal acceptance, connection, and redemption. He also provides essential historical and cultural background to the stories to context and depth to the ideas and events discussed.

This talk was presented online for Caulfield Shule in 2020 as part of its scholar-in-residence program. Other lectures in the series can be found here:

Part 1 - https://youtu.be/emnrKvNT67I
Part 2 - https://youtu.be/gIhlBVK_-Kg
Part 3 - https://youtu.be/O5aCb3Ap8A0

David is also renowned for his Jewish history lecture, The Whole of Jewish History in One Hour https://youtu.be/GUlM2a2tsOM

A video recording of David's lecture The Whole of the Bible in One Hour can be found here https://youtu.be/qIu_iZzuTfM

Find more of David Solomon's podcast, with dozens of lectures on Jewish history, the Bible, Jewish philosophy, and Kabbalah at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPZc8ZC7r568Er1pwL8ZiLbU1tV6PFf4L

Learn more at davidsolomon.online

Images used in this video

Youtube cover – comprising images below and a picture of David by Stephan Rohl under CC licensing http://www.stephan-roehl.de​

Large image: Jakub Weinles, On the eve of Yom Kippur (Prayer). Public domain.