An Older Man’s Perspective on Yom Kippur: The Jewish Day of Atonement
By Robert M. Katzman © October 10, 2019
I believe that the central and very big idea of Yom Kippur, is essentially to ask for forgiveness as a community, all over the world, not only for one’s self. To atone collectively.
Asking God to forgive another’s sin’s is an amazing concept if you think about it in reference to when these ideas were assembled–perhaps 3,000 years ago–when it was simply kill or be killed.
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