MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Ep. 420: Should We Fear Yom Kippur? Doesn’t Fasting Distract Us From Being Introspective?

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Chassidus Applied to Yom Kippur

  • Why is this time of year so special?
  • What opportunities does it offer us?
  • What is the building of Malchus during the Ten Days of Teshuva?
  • Should we fear Yom Kippur?
  • As non-practicing Jews, what is the best way for us to participate in Yom Kippur?
  • What does the word holy mean?
  • Why did the High Priest pronounce the holy Tetragrammaton on Yom Kippur, and we are not allowed to do so?
  • Why do kohanim wear special garments in the Temple?
  • How is the Seder Avodah relevant to us today?
  • How do the five prayers correspond to the five parts of the soul?
  • Why do we go to the mikveh Erev Yom Kippur?
  • Why do we have fast days when we are not supposed to punish our bodies?
  • Isn’t fasting distracting and counterproductive to being reflective and introspective?
  • How are we so sure that we will be completely forgiven?
  • Do we have a nuclear option in our davening that is so strong it guarantees Hashem will forgive us on Yom Kippur?
  • What is the connection between Yom HaKippurim and Purim?
  • Why do we say Kol Nidrei after we already did hatoras nedarim Erev Rosh Hashana?
  • If regular laymen have the power to form a court for hatoras nedarim, why can't they form a court and rule that Moshiach must come immediately?
  • Why do we need Yom Kippur if we already fooled the Satan before Rosh Hashana?
  • Why do we say Baruch Shem out loud on Yom Kippur?
  • If we say some prayers in Aramaic so that the prosecuting angels, who don't understand Aramaic, can't interfere, why aren't all prayers in Aramaic?
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