In his masterwork, Sha’are Teshuva (Gates of Repenetance), Rabbenu Yonah writes that the possibility of teshuva – repentance – is “one of the great gifts that God granted to His creations, for he prepared for them a path to raise themselves from their lowly actions and escape from the trap of their sins, to salvage their lives from the grave and remove His anger from them.” He lists and explains the sources for the concept of teshuva, many of which appear in our parasha, e.g., “…and you will return to the LORD your God…” “Then the LORD your God will open up your heart and the hearts of your