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Usage for penitent


This is one way of explaining the Talmudic teaching that, “In the place that the baal teshuvah (penitent) stands, the perfect tzaddik (saint) cannot stand.3” Having strayed further from G‑d than the saint, the penitent's return can bring him closer and ...

Today, though, Winfrey was more penitent, albeit no less serious. She told Frey that the day after her revenge show aired, she heard from author and friend Marianne Williamson, who pointedly asked Oprah, "Who do you think you are? ...

In the end, that confession was not heard after the state Supreme Court ruled last year that it fell under the state cleric-penitent privilege, even though the confession was not made in a church. Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Christie L. Bevacqua ...

SNCF, which opened its archives 15 years ago and commissioned a comprehensive historical study of its role under German occupation, has acknowledged its responsibility and apologized for it in sweeping, penitent terms. So has the French government, ...


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