| 30. For on this day God shall make atonement for you to cleanse you. Before Adonai you shall be cleansed from all your sins. | | ל. כִּי בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם לְטַהֵר אֶתְכֶם מִכֹּל חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָֹה תִּטְהָרוּ: |
| 31. It is a Shabbat of rest for you, and you shall afflict yourselves. It is an eternal law. | | לא. שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן הִיא לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם חֻקַּת עוֹלָם: |
| 32. And the Kohen who is anointed - or who is appointed to serve instead of his father - shall make this atonement, and he shall wear the cotton garments, the holy garments; | | לב. וְכִפֶּר הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר יִמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר יְמַלֵּא אֶת יָדוֹ לְכַהֵן תַּחַת אָבִיו וְלָבַשׁ אֶת בִּגְדֵי הַבָּד בִּגְדֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ: |
| 33. And he shall make atonement upon the Holy of Holies, and he shall make atonement upon the Tent of Meeting and upon the altar, and he shall make atonement upon the kohanim and upon all the people of the congregation. | | לג. וְכִפֶּר אֶת מִקְדַּשׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְאֶת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ יְכַפֵּר וְעַל הַכֹּהֲנִים וְעַל כָּל עַם הַקָּהָל יְכַפֵּר: |
| 34. All this shall be as an eternal statute for you, to make atonement upon the children of Israel, for all their sins, once each year. And he did as Adonai had commanded Moses. | | לד. וְהָיְתָה זֹּאת לָכֶם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְכַפֵּר עַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכָּל חַטֹּאתָם אַחַת בַּשָּׁנָה וַיַּעַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָֹה אֶת משֶׁה: |
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov says, "Fasting on Yom Kippur is about having self control. You learn to be patient and wait out your urge." (Rebbe Nachman's Torah). We think this means fasting on Yom Kippur is practicing self control so when we are faced with a real challenge we don't act badly but instead control ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI remember that when I am angry the best thing to do is to wait a little bit and then I won't do anything that I will regret. This is like having the patience to fast on Yom Kippur and not just eat when I feel hungry.
DeleteI agree you should wait before doing anything so u can go over what you are going to do before you do something stupid.
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DeleteI also agree because waiting, allows you to think before you do.
DeleteEitz Hayyim teaches that "practice self-denial" meanss fasting (no eating or drinking), no bathing, no sexual activity, and no wearing leather.
ReplyDeleteThis helps us so when we really need to do one of these things we will be ready.
DeleteWhen does it start? The night before? That morning? When...
Deletewhy can't we wear leather.
Deletehow does wearing leather have to do with self control
DeleteBut what can we break these rues for. what if your sick or dying and want to do things. what makes these rules so important.
DeleteWhat does "wearing leather" have to do with everything else you keep from doing on Yom Kippur?
DeleteWearing leather is a privilege
DeleteYom Kippur is an all-day fast, so it starts the night before. Leather shoes (as opposed to wooden sandals) were a sign of comfort, so abstaining from them for a day was a way to symbolically increase your tolerance for pain (but not too much pain). Many people do unhealthy things - such as drugs or alcohol - in order to escape pain. This is a way of saying that we don't have to be completely comfortable all the time.
Delete@mialustig I find your comment interesting. What do you mean by "ready?"
DeleteIn Eitz Hayyim, the "Halakha L'Ma'aseh" says that if you are ill or if a doctor tells you to (or even if a doctor didn't tell you to but you feel sick," you should eat on Yom Kippur and not fast.
ReplyDeleteI think this principle d'oritah is called pikuach nefesh.
DeleteThis is a good rule because if we are sick and are fasting, we are not focusing on how to not sin. We would be focusing on being sick. So, this keeps us healthy and we can focus on the main point of the holiday.
DeleteI never fast anyway. I just can't.
Deletei think that the person should still be able fast until they need to eat, so that they are celebrating the fast and being healthy
Deletethis is similar in many other cases as health always comes first.
Deleteand if you need pills you should take them
DeleteIs there anything to do to make up for not fasting
DeleteThat's because life comes before all other values besides murder, idolatry, and adultery
Deleteif it's for a medical reason, eating that day can be a necessity that cannot wait until after yom kippur. If you haven't eaten for a week, BY ALL MEANS DO NOT FAST!
Deletemy sister has a realy bad rash, and the pills for it cant realy be taken without eating. so, should she take teh pills and eat, or at least try to fast?
DeleteI agree totally, you dont want to risk your health worshiping God
DeleteIt's a good idea to try though
Deletesafety first!
DeleteI take pills anyway, so I couldn't fully fast
DeleteMaimonides says that fasting is not about afflicting yourself. The reason the Torah tells us that Yom Kippur is a day of complete rest is that we are "resting" from eating.
ReplyDeleteThis makes fasting an act that is "positive",an act that makes us step back and reflect. On Shabbat we rest from work, and on Yom Kippur we rest from eating.
DeleteI think that this makes sense. When we are not completely focusing on our selves I think the day can be more meaningful and we can be more thinking about God.
Deletei think it's good to 'rest' from eating to focus more on the prayers, but I also think that if you're only thinking about food while you're praying, that isn't good.
Deleteit's natural to want to eat, but you should just not want to. It isn't possible to force yourself NOT to think about something.
DeleteWhy is eating not considered resting in the text?
DeleteBut why would be rest from eating? Why should we be in pain from starvation? Why is there a holiday specifically meant for practice to control yourself in situations like this?
Deletelike shabbat
DeleteI disagree with this point because if we rest from food your saying we are not supposed to concentrate on food. However, when we fast our mind tells us we want food
ReplyDeletethat makes sense
DeleteNice name
DeleteBut why would be rest from eating? Why should we be in pain from starvation? Why is there a holiday specifically meant for practice to control yourself in situations like this?
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that you talk about "pain" and "starvation." I've always felt that not eating on Yom Kippur and feeling those hints of hunger might make us more empathetic toward those who are truly in pain from starvation.
DeleteI don't understand why it matters if we fast.
ReplyDeleteI think that it matters that we fast because when we fast we are suppose to think about our sins and how we can improve our actions the coming year. Instead of thinking about the next meal you are going to have (like what some certain people think about). Although, I don't think that we should fast on this holiday because I don't end up thinking about my sins as much as I think about how hungry I am. Even though, if we were able to eat I would be able to think about how to change myself more to do better, and not think about how hungry I am.
DeleteHashem is a great god
ReplyDeleteHashem said the thirteen attributes of God. (I don't why.)
ReplyDeletethe stone that the ten commandments was on is sapphire which is blue like תכלת.
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ReplyDeletenoah was a righteous man. He and his family were hand picked by God to be the only people who survived the flood. The flood was sent to went wipe out all of humanity because they were bad. Noah was the only good person.
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