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Yom Kippur -- The Day of Atonement:
- The Day of Atonement contains all days and gives life
to all days. On this day the heart is subdued. Our desire is for God alone.
All kinds of disputes, spiritual or material, are resolved. Peace comes,
bringing happiness and joy
(179).
- Yom Kippur concludes the process whereby the `seal of holiness' is secured
and protected (See Rosh Hashanah 9).
- On Yom Kippur we appeal to God to `Forgive!' This cry of `Forgive!'
opens up the gate of the holiness of Chanukah, with its theme of the consecration
of the Holy Temple
(see Chanukah 4).
- There is a custom of referring to the day after Yom Kippur as `the Name
of God.' This is because the true greatness of God is revealed after Yom
Kippur. On Yom Kippur God
is reconciled with Israel and forgives them for all their sins. As a simple
consequence, all harsh decrees and punishments are lifted, and it is through
this that God's greatness
is revealed (Likutey Moharan II, 66).
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