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YOM KIPPURIM
‫ֲע ֵל י ֶ֔כ ם‬ ‫ְל ַכ ֵּ֣פ ר‬ ‫֤י ֹו ם ִּכ ֻּפ ִר י ֙ם ֔ה ּו א‬
‫ם׃‬ ‫ֱא ֹל ֵה י ֶֽכ‬ ‫ִל ְפ ֵ֖נ י ְי ה ָ֥ו ה‬

Inspired by Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern

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EREV YOM HAKIPPURIM
THE 9TH OF TISHREI IS THE DAY OF
PREPARATION FOR YOM HAKIPPURIM AND
THIS PREPARATION IS BROUGHT DOWN IN
A FEW WAYS.

WE INCREASE OUR TESHUVA AND HAVE A

BIG VIDDUY (CONFESSION), KAPPAROT,
AND DIP IN THE MIKVEH ALL FOR THE
SAKE OF TESHUVA.

ONE WHO EATS AND DRINKS ON THE

NINTH DAY OF TISHREI IN PREPARATION
FOR THE FAST IT IS AS IF HE FASTED ON
BOTH THE 9TH AND THE 10TH
WE ARE COMMANDED TO EAT DOUBLE
WHAT WE WOULD EAT ON A REGULAR
DAY. TO HAVE A BIG FEAST OUT OF JOY
THAT OUR SINS ARE ATONED,
CELEBRATING OUR GREAT CLOSENESS TO
HASHEM.

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 KOL NIDREI
INCLUDING & LOVING EVERY JEW
WE SEPARATE FROM ALL THE PHYSICAL
PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD & WE ACCEPT
UPON OURSELVES THE FIVE AFFLICTIONS.
THEN, WE CAN RELEASE ALL VOWS FROM
UPON US, THROUGH RECITING KOL NIDREI,
WHERE WE PERMIT OURSELVES TO PRAY
TOGETHER EVEN WITH SINNERS.

WE DRAW A NEW SPIRIT OF LIFE UPON

OURSELVES THAT ENABLES US TO LOVE
EVERY JEW. ANY VOW OR FORM OF
ABSTINENCE IS MEANT TO BRING US TO
LOVE EVERY JEW LIKE OUR OWN SOUL. IF
ONE CAN STILL SENSE THAT HE DOESN’T
LOVE EVERY JEW THE WAY HE LOVES HIS
OWN SOUL, IT IS A SIGN THAT HE NEEDS TO
SANCTIFY AND PURIFY HIMSELF MORE.
ONE SHOULD NOT THINK, G-D FORBID, THAT A
PERSON WHO BECOMES HOLIER ISN’T ABLE TO
ACCEPT OTHER JEWS WHO ARE OTHER-
SPIRITED THAN HE IS. TO THE CONTRARY –
WHEN ONE SANCTIFIES HIMSELF, HE RECEIVES
A NEW SPIRIT TO LOVE EVERY JEW, TO BE
CONNECTED WITH EVERY LETTER OF THE
TORAH, FOR EVERY JEW IS A DIFFERENT
LETTER IN THE TORAH. THAT IS HOW ONE
QUICKENS THE COMING OF THE REDEEMER,
REPAIRING THE DAMAGE OF UNWARRANTED
HATRED WHICH COMES FROM NOT BEING ABLE
TO ACCEPT ANOTHER JEW.
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THE INNER JOY ON YOM KIPPUR
COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER FESTIVALS
AND AVODAH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,
YOM KIPPUR IS THE ROOT OF ALL OF
THEM, IN WHICH A JEW MERITS TO TASTE
THE BLISS AND INTRINSIC ATTACHMENT
THAT HE HAS IN HIS CREATOR. DURING
THE REST OF THE YEAR, A PERSON CAN
ALSO KNOW OF THIS INTRINSIC
ATTACHMENT, BUT ONLY ON A MORE
EXTERNAL LEVEL.

THE JEWISH PEOPLE REJOICE IN THE

ATZMUT (ESSENCE) OF THE CREATOR WHICH
IS ABOVE ALL REVELATIONS AND ABOVE ALL
LIGHTS, FOR THEY GO BEFORE HASHEM AND
REJOICE IN THE KING HIMSELF.

ONLY DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR

DO WE SHOW THIS JOY OUTWARDLY,
BUT ON YOM KIPPUR WE REJOICE WITH
THE LIGHT ITSELF.
WE BIND OURSELVES THROUGH OUR
FASTING WITH THE ESSENCE OF THE
EMANATOR, WHEREAS ON ALL OTHER
FESTIVALS WE ARE REJOICING WITH
THE REVELATIONS IN WHICH HIS LIGHT
IS SHINING OUTWARD.
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 THE ESSENCE OF DVEIKUT
YOM KIPPUR IS THE TIME
WHERE, THROUGH THE POWER
OF DOING TESHUVAH, THE
INTRINSIC DVEIKUT THAT A
JEW HAS WITH HASHEM IS
DRAWN DOWN. FOR EVERY
JEW HAS A POINT WHERE HE
IS INTRINSICALLY CONNECTED
WITH THE CREATOR. THE MAIN
ATONEMENT IS WHEN “YOU
WILL CLEAVE TO HASHEM
YOUR G-D”. THROUGH THE 13
TRAITS OF COMPASSION,
WHICH BEGINS WITH
“HASHEM, HASHEM”, WE ARE
REVEALING THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE LIGHTS OF
MEMALEH (INNER INFINITE
LIGHT) AND SOVEV
(ENVELOPING INFINITE LIGHT).

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 THE SECRET OF THE 5 FORMS OF
AFFLICTIONS ON YOM KIPPUR
ALL OF THE SUFFERING THAT A PERSON
UNDERGOES IS A RESULT OF THE FIVE
POINTS OF TZIMTZUM (CONSTRICTION OF
INFINITE LIGHT) IN WHICH HASHEM
CONCEALED HIS LIGHT, SO TO SPEAK.
THESE ARE MANIFEST IN THE FIVE FORMS
OF SUFFERING ON YOM KIPPUR.
THE PURPOSE OF THESE DISCOMFORTS IS
NOT SO THAT WE SHOULD SUFFER. THAT
CAN’T BE, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT YOM
KIPPUR RESEMBLES THE LIGHT OF PURIM.
ONE WHO IS ZOCHEH ON THIS HOLY DAY TO
ENTER “BEFORE ME AND INSIDE” IS ABLE TO
FEEL THE GREAT LIGHT OF PURIM – WHICH
IS A JOY OF EATING AND DRINKING – AND TO
FEEL THE GREAT PLEASURE THAT WILL BE IN
THE FUTURE, WHERE YOM KIPPUR WILL BE A
DAY OF BLISS, WHERE INUY (SUFFERING)
WILL BE CHANGED TO ONEG (PLEASURE) AS
THE ZOHAR TEACHES.

THE FORGIVENESS ON YOM KIPPUR

IS IN TRUTH BECAUSE OF THE HOLY
INTOXICATION OF PURIM THAT THE
TZADDIKIM, WHO ARE AT THE LEVEL OF THE
FUTURE, CAN FEEL ON YOM KIPPUR – THEY
CAN FEEL THE GREAT LIGHT THAT WILL BE
SHINING ON THIS DAY IN THE FUTURE.

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THE AVODAH OF THE KOHEN GADOL
INSIDE THE ARON KODESH (HOLY ARK) IN THE
KODESH KODASHIM WAS A SEFER TORAH. WHEN THE
KOHEN GADOL WAS THERE ON YOM KIPPUR, NO ONE
ELSE WAS ALLOWED TO BE THERE.

A PERSON IMAGINES THAT IN ORDER TO BE WORTHY

OF UNDERSTANDING TORAH, HE NEEDS CERTAIN
PEOPLE TO HELP HIM AND EXPLAIN IT TO HIM. HE
THINKS THAT HE IS DEPENDENT ON CERTAIN PEOPLE
TO RAISE HIM TO HIGHER LEVELS. THE TRUTH IS
ONE’S ELEVATION DOES NOT DEPEND ON ANY
PERSON.

IT DEPENDS SOLELY ON HASHEM’S HELP, JUST AS

NO ONE ELSE WAS ALLOWED TO BE WITH THE
KOHEN GADOL ON YOM KIPPUR TO HELP HIM. HE
HAD TO PERFORM IT ALL ALONE, DEPENDING SOLELY
ON HASHEM TO HELP HIM.

ALTHOUGH A PERSON NEEDS TO HAVE A FRIEND AND

A TORAH GUIDE, AS THE MISHNAH IN AVOT TEACHES,
HASHEM DESIRES THESE SPECIFICS WITHIN ONE’S
AVODAH, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON HIM.

SOMETIMES A PERSON DOESN’T HAVE A REBBE OR A

FRIEND, AND HASHEM HIMSELF BECOMES THE
PERSON’S REBBE OR FRIEND. HE IS EVERYTHING. NO
MAN WAS ALLOWED TO BE WITH THE KOHEN GADOL
IN THE KODESH KODASHIM ON YOM KIPPUR SO THAT
THE KOHEN GADOL WOULD REALIZE THAT SPIRITUAL
SUCCESS DOESN’T DEPEND ON ANY PERSON.
RATHER, IT ALL DEPENDS ON DVEIKUT IN HASHEM,
IN THE ONE WHO CREATED EVERYTHING.

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 PROSTRATING ON THE GROUND
YOM KIPPUR IS SHABBAT SHABBATON,
IT IS THE SHABBAT FOR THE WHOLE
WORLD. IT IS THE LIGHT OF TESHUVAH
AND THE SECOND LUCHOT (TABLETS).
ON THIS DAY THE ENTIRE WORLD CAN
DO TESHUVAH.

IT IS THE LEVEL OF DAVID HAMELECH,

THE KING WHO IS ALIVE AND EXISTING.
IT MUST FIRST BE PRECEDED WITH
BITTUL B’METZIUT, WITH NULLIFYING
OUR OWN REALITY TO THE REALITY OF
HASHEM, IN ORDER TO REACH THIS.

THAT IS WHY ON YOM KIPPUR, THE

MAIN AVODAH IS PROSTRATING ON THE
GROUND, WHICH IS REALLY BITTUL
B’METZIUT.

THIS IS THROUGH THE POWER OF THE

KOHEN GADOL WHO ENTERS BEFORE
HASHEM IN THE INNERMOST CHAMBER.
BUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BEIT
HAMIKDASH CAUSED YOM KIPPUR TO
MOSTLY BE A PLEASURE IN HASHEM
THAT CAN’T BE FELT, UNLIKE
PROSTRATION, WHICH IS A PLEASURE
THAT CAN BE FELT.
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 NEILAH
THE SEAL
DURING THE PRAYER OF NEILA THE
SEAL IS SIGNED, AND WE ASK AND
BEG HASHEM, "SIGN US FOR LIFE".
SIMPLY PUT HASHEM'S JUDGMENT ON
EVERY JEW FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR
IS BEING SEALED, THERE IS A DEEPER
LEVEL THOUGH: WE ARE SEALING
OURSELVES FROM GOING AFTER BAD.
WE ARE OBLIGATING OURSELVES TO
BE LOYAL TO HASHEM, TO GUARD THE
TRUTH WE MERITED TO RECEIVE
DURING THE HOLY DAYS OF
ELUL AND TISHREI.

THESE AREN'T TWO SEPARATE IDEAS.

ACCORDING TO HOW WE DECIDE TO
SEAL AND GUARD OURSELVES, SO TOO
WILL BE HASHEM'S DECREE AND SEAL
ON US.

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 "A DAY OF HASHEM"
THE DAY AFTER
YOM KIPPUR
THE DAY AFTER YOM KIPPUR IS
WHEN MOSHE GATHERED THE
NATION TO SPEAK TO THEM. FROM A
CERTAIN ANGLE, THE DAY AFTER
YOM KIPPUR IS AT A HIGHER LEVEL
THAN YOM KIPPUR ITSELF, JUST AS
PURIM IS HIGHER THAN YOM KIPPUR.

THE BAAL SHEM TOV SAID THAT THE

DAY AFTER YOM KIPPUR IS CALLED
GUTZ TUG, “G-D’S DAY”, A DAY OF
HASHEM.

ON YOM KIPPUR WE HAD A FIERY

LONGING FOR HASHEM, AND NOW WE
ARE BEING INCLUDED IN THE
UNDIFFERENTIATED UNIFIED LIGHT
OF HASHEM.

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