Hazinu - Shabbat Teshuvah - 2023

Chevre, this week’s parsha is הַאֲזִינוּ **(Hazinu) and is Shabbat Teshuvah. Shabbat Teshuvah is the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and often overshadows Hazinu, which is a relatively short parsha. I actually asked Amazon Bedrock (https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/) to come up with a Drash for Hazinu and the results were “entertaining”. +Bedrock Hazinu However, I was struck this morning by something Rebbe Natan of Breslov mentioned in Lekutei Halachot. When someone does teshuva between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, their averot (sins, but let’s call them oopsies) become merits.