Sep 16, 2026 · 23 min · 10 segments
In this Yom Kippur episode, @dearyoetzet Lisa Septimus and her guest Dena Block, also a Yoetzet Halacha, explore the transformative power of teshuva and tahara. What does it mean to emerge from Yom…
Dina BlockGuest... uh, if I can pause you for a second to make sure everyone is absorbing what you're saying, 'cause it, it's actually pretty powerful.
As yoetzot, [laughs] usually when we talk about tumah and tahara, we're talking about it in very, like, Halakhic, technical terms, right?
And once you remove that tumah status and you become tahora, then you are permitted to one another.
And sometimes we actually try to take away that l- sort of larger aspect of rebirth.
... we, we try to sort of take away the meaning beyond that because we say, don't, like, we don't wanna, like, judge, like, oh, being tamei is bad, right? Getting your, being in a-
... state of, of niddah is bad and being tahor is good, because we wanna say that both states are natural, and both states are good.
But what I think you're saying here is in the context of Yom Kippur especially, but you mentioned ger, and it's, it's not just a technicality.
... uh, if I can pause you for a second to make sure everyone is absorbing what you're saying, 'cause it, it's actually pretty powerful.
As yoetzot, [laughs] usually when we talk about tumah and tahara, we're talking about it in very, like, Halakhic, technical terms, right?
And once you remove that tumah status and you become tahora, then you are permitted to one another.
And sometimes we actually try to take away that l- sort of larger aspect of rebirth.
... we, we try to sort of take away the meaning beyond that because we say, don't, like, we don't wanna, like, judge, like, oh, being tamei is bad, right? Getting your, being in a-
... state of, of niddah is bad and being tahor is good, because we wanna say that both states are natural, and both states are good.
But what I think you're saying here is in the context of Yom Kippur especially, but you mentioned ger, and it's, it's not just a technicality.
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Yom Kippur Matchmaking Tradition
Yom Kippur may hold a matchmaking tradition
The Gift of Another Chance
Even repeated mistakes can meet enduring forgiveness
Tahara Means Rebirth
The day's real goal goes beyond atonement
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