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YOM KIPPUR 5785 A Yom Kippur Like No Other Rabbi Andrew Shaw Chief Executive, Mizrachi UK
It is Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement, Shabbat Shabbaton and the holiest day of the year. Yet, there has never been a Yom Kippur like this one. I have never come into Yom Kippur, so inspired, so uplifted and so positive. Let me explain. What is the focus of Yom Kippur? We all know that it is Teshuva. We also know about all the tefillot that we say, and in particular, the centrepiece of the Teshuva of Yom Kippur, the Vidui prayer. There is of course the obvious question asked about Vidui, that if we are judged as individuals on Yom Kippur, why is it Ashamnu, Bagadnu and Al Cheit Shechatanu are all in the plural, surely it should be I have sinned, not we have sinned? Rabbi Sacks explains: This is because on Yom Kippur we stand before God not only as individuals but as members of a people and because we hold that Kol Yisrael Arevin zeh bazeh – all Israel are responsible for each other. https://mailchi.mp/mizrachi/dvar-torah-for-yom-kippur
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