Author: Ruttenberg, Danya
Color: Multicolor
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 256
Release Date: 13-09-2022
Part Number: 9780807010518
Details: Winner NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS in Contemporary Jewish Life & Practice
Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal transgressions to our culture's most painful and unresolved issues.
American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives instead of the perpetrator’s obligations or recompense for harmed parties. As survivor communities have pointed out, these emphases have too often only caused more harm. But Danya Ruttenberg knew there was a better model, rooted in the work of the medieval philosopher Maimonides.
For Maimonides, upon whose work Ruttenberg elaborates, forgiveness is much less important than the repair work to which the person who caused harm is obligated. The word traditionally translated as repentance really means something more like return, and in this book, returning is a restoration, as much as is possible, to the victim, and, for the perpetrator of harm, a coming back, in humility and intentionality, to behaving as the person we might like to believe we are.
Maimonides laid out five steps: naming and owning harm; starting to change/transformation; restitution and accepting consequences; apology; and making different choices. Applying this lens to both our personal relationships and some of the most significant and painful issues of our day, including systemic racism and the legacy of enslavement, sexual violence and harassment in the wake of #MeToo, and Native American land rights, On Repentance and Repair helps us envision a way forward.
Rooted in traditional Jewish concepts while doggedly accessible and available to people from any, or no, religious background, On Repentance and Repair is a book for anyone who cares about creating a country and culture that is more whole than the one in which we live, and for anyone who has been hurt or who is struggling to take responsibility for their mistakes.
EAN: 9780807010518
Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
Languages: English
7-Day Guilt Reset Workbook
Stop Replaying the Past. Start Moving Forward.
Do you find yourself returning to the same mistake, conversation, or decision again and again?
The 7-Day Guilt Reset Workbook was created to help you understand that cycle and learn practical steps for interrupting it.
Inside the Workbook
Understand the Pattern
Learn what keeps pulling you back.
Responsibility Check
Separate accountability from self-punishment.
Repair What Can Be Repaired
Identify practical next steps.
Understand Self-Forgiveness
Learn what forgiveness actually means.
Rebuild Trust
Develop confidence in yourself again.
Create a Forward Plan
Move beyond guilt with clarity.
Your 7-Day Journey
You May Benefit From This Workbook If...
- You replay the same mistake over and over
- You keep wondering what you should have done differently
- You struggle to move on from a decision you regret
- You feel trapped between responsibility and self-punishment
- You understand what happened but still cannot stop thinking about it
- You feel guilty even after apologizing
Why This Workbook Is Different
Most advice tells you to simply “let it go.” But guilt rarely disappears because someone tells you to stop thinking about it.
This workbook helps you understand what happened, what was your responsibility, what can still be repaired, what must be accepted, and how to move forward without denying the past.
What You'll Receive
You Cannot Change The Past.
But you can change your relationship with it. The 7-Day Guilt Reset Workbook provides a practical framework to help you understand guilt and move forward.
