It means returning to relationship with the Creator, until life itself becomes a conversation with Him (you can even begin with saying you’re angry at Him).
The Alter Rebbe explains that a relationship with the Creator begins when awe is felt.
Awe begins with fear and wonder: fear because our choices truly matter before Him, and wonder because the Infinite Creator is present and desires a relationship with human beings.
That awe awakens love.
Love longs for greater closeness, and it contains sadness because the Creator’s goodness is not yet as revealed in us and in the world as it could be.
For the Jewish people to return, we have to learn to trust that the Creator is good, because without trust in His goodness, we are not truly noticing Him; we are living with an opinion about Him, not in relationship with Him.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe described returning to relationship as: demand [with chutzpah] more revealed goodness from the Creator while developing the mindset that "I'm here to be a channel for goodness towards my self and others."
“Ultimately, Israel will repent towards the end of her exile and, immediately, she will be redeemed” - Rambam
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