[SHOVAVIM] ROOT OF THE TIKKUN [#18413]

January 11, 2022

QUESTION:

If a person becomes inspired during Shovavim to improve a bit in matters of kedushah (personal holiness) but he’s not that young anymore, and the words aren’t as applicable to him as they used to be, what can he work on [in order to do teshuvah during these days]?

ANSWER:

The main avodah [during Shovavim] is to purify the mind’s thoughts – both by thinking constantly in Torah, and also to refine the quality of one’s thoughts. That is the root of the tikkun.