Ep. 420: Should We Fear Yom Kippur? Doesn’t Fasting Distract Us From Being Introspective?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Chassidus Applied to Yom Kippur

• Why is this time of year so special?
• What opportunities does it offer us?
• What is the building of Malchus during the Ten Days of Teshuva?
• Should we fear Yom Kippur?
• As non-practicing Jews, what is the best way for us to participate in Yom Kippur?
• What does the word holy mean?
• Why did the High Priest pronounce the holy Tetragrammaton on Yom Kippur, and we are not allowed to do so?
• Why do kohanim wear special garments in the Temple?
• How is the Seder Avodah relevant to us today?
• How do the five prayers correspond to the five parts of the soul?
• Why do we go to the mikveh Erev Yom Kippur?
• Why do we have fast days when we are not supposed to punish our bodies?
• Isn’t fasting distracting and counterproductive to being reflective and introspective?
• How are we so sure that we will be completely forgiven?
• Do we have a nuclear option in our davening that is so strong it guarantees Hashem will forgive us on Yom Kippur?
• What is the connection between Yom HaKippurim and Purim?
• Why do we say Kol Nidrei after we already did hatoras nedarim Erev Rosh Hashana?
• If regular laymen have the power to form a court for hatoras nedarim, why can't they form a court and rule that Moshiach must come immediately?
• Why do we need Yom Kippur if we already fooled the Satan before Rosh Hashana?
• Why do we say Baruch Shem out loud on Yom Kippur?
• If we say some prayers in Aramaic so that the prosecuting angels, who don't understand Aramaic, can't interfere, why aren't all prayers in Aramaic?