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Like all relationships, forgiveness is best when it is reciprocal. Each will feel the sinof the other as greater— “I forgive you, and you forgive me, but what you did to me was worse.”” But such weighing of misdeeds rarely convinces us. Forgiveness should be wider than one person: This has to be a project…

Judaism teaches that forgiveness must be sought. One is obligated to ask sincerely three times. But, of course, asking alone is not sufficient. The asking must be sincere, and so must the attempt to undo the damage. If the offender recognizes no damage, then there is no obligation to forgive–perhaps not even the possibility of…

To forgive is to forfeit the high ground. I may no longer stand over you, better than you. We are touched by the God-given grave of being equal again. That’s because central to forgiveness is the recognition that all people possess flaws, weaknesses, even evil. Recognizing our own imperfections is a path toward leniency toward…

But the prophet insists “though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow.” White without blemish. We may imagine this is the only true aim of forgiveness—to be washed clean of any blemish of anger, resentment, or pain. But the prophet is referring to the forgiveness that God grants. And while we…
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