Yom Kippur

Eating as teshuvah for the root of sin· Essay 2

Regarding the teaching: "Whoever eats and drinks on the ninth, it is as though he fasted on the ninth and the tenth," etc. (Yoma 81b). Chazal teach that eating on Erev Yom Kippur is reckoned as if one fasted on both days; the Sefas Emes wil…

Yom Kippur: total bittul and purification· Essay 2

It is taught: "Does one then fast on the ninth?…" Rather, one who eats and drinks on the ninth — Scripture accounts it to him [as if he had fasted on both the ninth and the tenth]. The Gemara questions why the Torah seems to locate the fast…

Yom Kippur as a day above nature· Essay 1

In the Gemara: before Yom Kippur they separate the Kohen Gadol, etc. — a separation of seven days for one single day; see there. The Mishnah teaches that the Kohen Gadol is sequestered for seven days in preparation for the one day of Yom Ki…