Yom Kippur Is a Time for Teshuvah
Sicha of the Rebbe · ש״פ האזינו, שבת שובה, ו׳ תשרי ה׳תשכ״ז · Likkutei Sichos, vol. 29, p. 203
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are not "days of teshuvah" at all, on the Rebbe's reading — teshuvah is what the seven days between them are for. So why does the Rambam still call Yom Kippur itself a "time of teshuvah"?
Download the Full Elucidated Edition (PDF, 11 pp)The Gemara counts ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, yet only seven days actually fall between them — so how can the two festivals themselves be included in the count? The Rebbe's answer turns on a distinction between the essential content of the Days of Awe and the teshuvah layered onto them, then asks why the Rambam still singles out Yom Kippur as its own "time of teshuvah" once that distinction is drawn. English translation and elucidation alongside the Yiddish original, verbatim with its footnote markers.
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