Teshuvah

Hebrew thought vs Greek thought. Greek is a translation but the heart of Yah and Jesus are rooted in Hebrew. Greek thought is to turn AWAY from something, Hebrew thought is to return TO something.

לִתְשׁוּבָה Teshuvah is better translated as Return. The meaning: return, answer, reply; solution (to a problem); repentance. It is about finding our way back to right relationship with Yah/God. A choice to return to our true self, the image of Yah.

There are two chattaim/sins, two places to return to right relationship - To Yah/God and to another human.

Teshuvah can not be separated from סְלִיחַת slichot - forgiveness, pardoning. Asking verbally for forgiveness is a part of returning.

To regain right relationship with another human, the "offender" must bring restitution. And the "offended" must give forgiveness - bringing reconciliation - and right relationship. One can not be in right relationship with Yah, if they aren't in right relationship with another human. If an offender doesn't give forgiveness, then they are bearing a grudge and are now out of right relationship with Yah.

Forgiving someone does not mean having an actual relationship with them. You can forgive and have no further contact with someone. Or you can forgive someone you do not have contact with who does not ask for forgiveness.

Also note, in Luke 24 - Repentance and Forgiveness are CALLED for, not Preached like we tend to think of. The difference is slight but also significant between going out and telling someone something and Calling them TO something. There is an expected response by all to shema/hear and obey.

It isn't something you send out to someone else, it's something you respond to yourself.

Luke 24:47 And teshuva for the selicha (forgiveness) of chattaim (sins) is to be called for bShem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua to all the Nations, beginning from Yerushalayim.

Teshumah: Focuses on a concrete, material return—restoring what was taken or lost (e.g., property, value) as an act of reparations, as seen in Numbers 5:7.

Teshuvah: Focuses on a spiritual or moral return—turning back to God through repentance, as implied in passages like Joel 2:12–13 or Ezekiel 18:30.