Yom Kippur The Day of Mercy for All Humanity Rabbi Zvi Aviner

So first, we all recognize, we all know that Yom Kippur, Atonement Day, or Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

and it is completely dedicated to one topic, to repentance and forgiveness from my shame.

Whole day dedicated just for one topic.

In fact, the whole Mishkan, the whole temple was dedicated just for that.

Now when the temple stood, This was the holiest day.

It was full of singing and thousands and thousands, hundreds of thousands of people gathered.

Either he was alive in the temple court and they watched the high priest with full uniform doing by himself All the sacrifice of the day.

So the humbleness.

And they watched him in awe as he entered once a year into the Holy of Holy Chamber to pray for Israel and for the world.

And then when he came out alive, when he was there, He was himself under judgment.

When he came out alive, he stood in front of the entrance, and he mentioned, he uttered the holy name, four letters, which we don't know anymore how to pronounce it.

He pronounced it in public, and leave it quiet for singing, And when people heard it, they prostrated on the floor with awe.

And it was, as described by many, even Roman, some Roman visitors described it in beautiful colors, very impressed with the degree of holiness of that day.

And also the beauty of that day.