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To: To my mother, who hit me

Teshuvah (Jewish) January 12, 2026

I forgive you and I do not forget. The Teshuvah tradition is clear that pardon from the wronged is required before pardon from God — Maimonides in Hilchot Teshuvah. You never asked. I am pardoning anyway, because the alternative is carrying it into another decade. The forgetting is not on offer.