Editing Teshuvah (section)

== Two Aspects of Teshuvah ==
A) Obligation from the perspective of the Gavra (person). When a person commits an aveirah, they are obligated to do basic teshuvah (meaning - to abandon the sin and confess). Once they have done teshuvah, even though there is still a possibility to do teshuvah as "my sin is before me always," nevertheless there is no further obligation to do teshuvah. This obligation is constant, meaning that whenever a person commits an aveirah, the obligation to do teshuvah is immediately placed upon them.

B) Obligation from the perspective of the Cheftza (object). The obligation of teshuvah is not because the person sinned, but rather an obligation placed upon everyone to do teshuvah (even though the actual teshuvah is for a sin). This obligation has no limit, and even if one has already done teshuvah, the obligation to do teshuvah again remains, since the cause of the teshuvah obligation is not the sin but rather the mitzvah of teshuvah itself. This obligation exists only on Yom Kippur.