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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is spent in fasting and prayer, from Kol Nidrei at nightfall to Neilah as the gates close, and it is the day on which G-d forgives and the essential bond between every Jew and G-d is revealed.
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Holidays Yom Kippur – Feasting and Fasting Everything possesses spiritual energy. But, G-d deliberately hid much of this energy so that we, the human beings, utilizing our intelligence and choice to do good, can discover that energy and then unleash it. Where does G-d hide this spiritual energy? In levels of existence that are lower than the Holidays Yom Kippur – It Depends Who You Ask – Yom Kippur Meditation (2) From G-d’s perspective, Teshuvah can bring atonement. G-d’s utter transcendence renders the blemish harmless. To access this transcendent level of G-d, before whom sin is irrelevant, we must arouse a similar transcendent response from within our soul. Holidays Yom Kippur – Kol Nidrei In these tumultuous times that we find ourselves, we are witness to a new phenomenon: unprecedented good alongside unprecedented evil. This phenomenon is explained in Chassidic texts as an indication that we are on the threshold of the ultimate Redemption. It is a time that is characterized by the e Holidays Yom Kippur – Rising Above Time Instead of just focusing on our past misdeeds or on resolving for the future, on Yom Kippur we discover who we really are now. Our essential bond with G-d is revealed. When we know who we are, regretting the past and resolving for the future are no longer the overriding issue. Being a Yom Kippur per Holidays Yom Kippur – Teshuvah – The Art of Return When one expresses remorse for his or her actions, the emotional experience of remorse can counter the emotions that one experienced while he or she committed the forbidden act. When we confess verbally, however, the physical act of speech is endowed with the power to neutralize the forbidden action Holidays Yom Kippur – The One and Only On Yom Kippur the most unique level of the soul, called the Yechidah, can be reached and expressed. This explains why, only on Yom Kippur, we pray five different prayers. These five prayers are designed to reveal all of the five levels of the soul, including yechidah. Holidays Yom Kippur – Yom Kippur and Sukkos: The Link There is an obvious reason for the sense of urgency conveyed by the requirement to build the Sukkah immediately after Yom Kippur. One should always connect a resolution for the good to something concrete. If time is allowed to elapse between the time when one makes a commitment for the good, albeit Holidays Yom Kippur – Yom Kippur Meditations Talking about Redemption serves the same three functions as confession of sins: It reveals our faith in the coming of Moshiach; It strengthens our faith in the coming of Moshiach; It creates a feeling and yearning for it even if they did not previously exist. .