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Synopsis
Once a year, on Yom Kippur, the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies .... Generally, the entry...was forbidden. It was only on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, that permission was granted for the High Priest alone to enter. The current discourse, delivered by R. Shalom DovBer Schneersohn...on Shabbat Parashat Acharei 5679 (1919), analyzes the biblical verse which forbids any human being from being present in the sanctuary when the High Priest entered to seek atonement. If..."No man shall be in the Tent of Meeting" ... how could the High Priest himself be present? By thoroughly exploring the soul and all of its components the discourse explains how the High Priest, on Yom Kippur, transcended the normative bounds of human limitation and ascended to the sublime level of "no man". This granted him the permission and sanction to enter the Holy of Holies.
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What lies inside the human soul? If we could "lift the hood" of a human being, what would we actually see? The Jewish view as developed and expressed in the teachings of Chabad Chasidism, and by Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch in the current discourse, is that at the core of the human being is a spiritual soul, a part of G-d that is absolutely holy and pure. Though there are "lower" dimensions of the soul that are at times pulled in different directions, the quintessence of the soul is forever bound with G-d, in a bond that is indestructible. However, we don't typically live from our core. As humans we live in the conscious moment, which may be far removed from that pure space. This is why it is possible for a person, possessing a veritable part of G-d, to make a spiritually questionable choice. But there's a way out. Once a year - on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement - through the process of teshuvah, we reconnect with our G-dly core. This radically alters our self-definition. No longer are we humans struggling with conflicted consciousness, but rather holy souls living with purpose. We rise to a space which is not typically "human" but a sublime level of transcendence. The capacity for us to attain this transformation is derived from the spiritual service of the High Priest, who on Yom Kippur would enter the holiest space on earth, the Holy of Holies. This represented an ascent in to the highest spiritual realms. On this "once a year day", punctuated by soulful teshuvah, the High Priest accessed a higher state of consciousness and revealed the core qualities of his G-dly soul. This was the one time a year that he was permitted to enter this sacred place, and did so no behalf of himself and the entire Jewish people. And although this way of living is not the typical way of being, it is nonetheless attainable for each of us. We need not wait for Yom Kippur to experience theis transformation. It is accessible in our day-to-day living, by virtue of the G-dly soul that is ever-present within us.
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- PublisherKehot Pubns Society
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0826607578
- ISBN 13 9780826607577
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages120
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