Yom-Kippur-Details
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Remember the following truth from our beloved Torah!
“Ye shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which
I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM
IT, that ye may keep the commandments of אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה - the LORD your Eloleichem,
which I command you”. Davarim - Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS-1917).
However, what have both priests and rabbis of
the past done, they purposely made grave and ridiculous additions and
disgraceful changes!
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With Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.
Although all ‘Yom Tovim’ are very important, however ‘Yom Kippur’ is without a doubt the most important one in our Hebrew year!
For interest, the primary Torah passages
detailing the actual laws of ‘Yom Kippur’ are found in Leviticus 16:1-34
and 23:26-32, with additional offering details in Numbers 29:7-11,
all based on the JPS-1917 version.
Whilst the afternoon Torah reading is Leviticus 18:1-30, while the ‘Haftarah’
portion is Isaiah 57:14-58:14. Please read these from your own online Torah.
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Of course we will not go to work, and we will fast for a full 25 hours. We will also attend the Synagogue both on erev and daytime services.
Obviously ‘Yom Kippur’ means ‘Day of Atonement’, when we ask אֱלֹהִים - Elohim for forgiveness for all our sins we have committed during the past year! We Hebrews believe, in the ‘Days of Awe’ that come before Yom Kippur when אֱלֹהִים - Elohim writes everyone’s name down. On ‘Yom Kippur’ He shuts the book but if you have not asked for forgiveness He will remember!
Fasting begins on the evening (Erev) before ‘Yom
Kippur’. However, if you have an illness or something that means that you are
unable to fast, you may eat and drink, but try and dress more moderately than
usual!
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Usually, on this day we tend to wear white clothes and some will wear a special garment called a ‘Kittel’. For interest, the ‘Kittel’ is worn during synagogue services on ‘Yom Kippur’, reflecting a desire for spiritual cleansing and “being as white as snow”. Although ‘Kittel’ is worn mostly by ‘Ashkenazi’ Hebrews and then not all will actually wear it.
Below are the main rules for ‘Yom Kippur’:
We need to understand that several of these rules were created mostly by rabbis of so long ago. Thus, these not actually required! Therefore those will be marked with an obvious ‘No’.
1. No eating - yes.
2. No drinking (not even water). Yes.
3. Spend the evening (Erev) and the ‘Yom Kippur’ day in the Synagogue for the day in services and Prayer! Yes.
4. No washing. No.
5. No bathing. No.
6. No use of make up or use deodorants’. No.
7. Afflict your souls. Yes.
As I have indicated above, there is not a single verse in the Torah that explicitly requests us not to ‘bath’ or ‘wash on ‘Yom Kippur’. That so-called command comes from those mystical and even occultic ‘Kabbalistic rabbis’ of long ago! However, the genuine ‘Written Torah’ command’s us to ‘afflict your souls’!
Believe it or not, I have been asked by certain ‘Yidden’ worldwide the following question?
What is the traditional Hebrew greeting for Yom Kippur?:
Before and after ‘Yom Kippur’ we may say, גְּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה - ‘Ge’mar Cha’timah Tovah’ being the customary greeting, which translates from Hebrew to mean ‘May you be sealed in the Book of Life’. Although, ahead of the fast, it is customary to wish one another in Hebrew - צוֹם קַל - ‘tzom kal’ - ‘Have an easy Fast’.
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the following through a number of our prophets...
“The More Torah, the More Life”,
For Elohim is the One who
gave us our ... “Life!”
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