Entering Sukkot with Rav Shlomo Katz
Sep 22, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
Rav Shlomo Katz explores the delicate challenge of returning to physical existence after soaring like angels on Yom Kippur. Drawing directly from Rav Kook’s *Orot HaTeshuva* (Chapter 14) and *Ein…
Shlomo KatzHost
The, this, these days that are between Yom Kippur and Sukkot are very, very special days.

Uh, according to many of the tzadikim, that these days are almost like free of cheshbon.

You know, free of, i- I don't wanna say anything that might get me in a lot of trouble, especially since everything's recorded these days, but- [laughs] That's why Shabbos shiurim are always the best.

[laughs] So this inyan of after Yom Kippur until Sukkos, these are, these days are very, very special days.


Whether you feel it or not, Yom Kippur did work because it says about Yom Kippur, "Itzmo shel yom hakapper," the day itself cleanses whether you like it or not, whether you're...

Remember we talked about this last time, whether you're stuck in the feelings of did it work or not.

You could still be stuck in those feelings, but the power of the day itself comes and cleanses.

So the morning after Yom Kippur is a very, the light and the, the feeling of, uh, the exaltedness and that everything is possible, these days stand on its own than from, from the rest of the year, the whole calendar of the year.

The, this, these days that are between Yom Kippur and Sukkot are very, very special days.

Uh, according to many of the tzadikim, that these days are almost like free of cheshbon.

You know, free of, i- I don't wanna say anything that might get me in a lot of trouble, especially since everything's recorded these days, but- [laughs] That's why Shabbos shiurim are always the best.

[laughs] So this inyan of after Yom Kippur until Sukkos, these are, these days are very, very special days.


Whether you feel it or not, Yom Kippur did work because it says about Yom Kippur, "Itzmo shel yom hakapper," the day itself cleanses whether you like it or not, whether you're...

Remember we talked about this last time, whether you're stuck in the feelings of did it work or not.

You could still be stuck in those feelings, but the power of the day itself comes and cleanses.

So the morning after Yom Kippur is a very, the light and the, the feeling of, uh, the exaltedness and that everything is possible, these days stand on its own than from, from the rest of the year, the whole calendar of the year.
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