So the process of Teshuvah is neither clear nor linear. And who is the principal actor in all this? Is it us or is it God? In the passage from Netzavim, sometimes we are the subject of the turning, and sometimes God is the subject, all of which seems to suggest that Teshuvah—transformation—is a reciprocal process that depends on both God and us. No one else can do transformation for us, but on the other hand we can’t do it by ourselves either.
