Repentance תשובה Grade 6 כיתה ו

(1) [The days] from Rosh Chodesh Elul until after Yom Kippur, are days of Divine favor [and acceptance.] ... these days are unexcelled and most suitable for repentance, because they are days of mercy and favor. On Rosh Chodesh Elul, Moshe went up Mount Sinai to receive the Second Tablets [of the Ten Commandments, after he smashed the first set because of the sin of the Golden Calf]; he remained there for forty days, and came down on the tenth day of Tishrei when the atonement was completed. From then on these days have been designated as days of Divine favor [and acceptance,] and the tenth day of Tishrei as Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]. ... Repentance, Prayer and Charity which must be practiced zealously during this month. ...

(1) We have the custom to get up at the break of dawn to recite Selichot ["sorry prayers"]... from ... the Sunday before Rosh HaShanah on; and if Rosh HaShanah falls on a Monday or Tuesday, we begin reciting Selichot from Sunday the week before Rosh HaShanah.

(4) ... It is as if [the shofar's call] is saying:
Wake up you sleepy ones from your sleep and you who slumber, arise. Inspect your deeds, repent, ... Look to your souls. Improve your ways and your deeds and let every one of you abandon his evil path and thoughts. ... For these reasons, it is customary for all of Israel to give profusely to charity, perform many good deeds, and be occupied with mitzvot from Rosh HaShanah until Yom Kippur to a greater extent than during the remainder of the year.
During these ten days, the custom is for everyone to rise [while it is still] night and pray in the synagogues with heart-rending words of supplication [asking God for things] until daybreak.

(9) Teshuvah and Yom Kippur only atone for sins between a person and God; ... However, sins between people; for example, someone who injures a classmate, curses a classmate, steals from him, or the like will never be forgiven until he gives his classmate what he owes him and appeases [pacifies or satisfies] him.

[It must be emphasized that] even if a person restores the money that he owes [the person he wronged], he must appease him and ask him to forgive him.

Even if a person only upset a classmate by saying [certain] things, he must appease him and approach him [repeatedly] until he forgives him.

If his classmate does not desire to forgive him, he should bring a group of three of his friends and approach him with them and request [forgiveness]. If [the wronged party] is not appeased, he should repeat the process a second and third time. If he [still] does not want [to forgive him], he may let him alone and need not pursue [the matter further].

On the contrary, the person who refuses to grant forgiveness is the one considered as the sinner. ...

(1) “A man should appease his friend (i.e., a person whom he wronged) on the Eve of Yom Kippur” - Containing four paragraphs.
Yom Kippur does not atone for sins between a man and his friend until he conciliates [pacifies] him. Even if he angered him only in words, he is required to appease him (his friend). And if at first he is not pacified, he (must) return and go to him a second and third time. ...