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so a lot of times we want to be
successful and in this case we're
talking about rosh hashanah and yom
kippur and the judgment russia on
russian yom kippur and being judged for
a favorable year
we have to begin with the end in mind
and if we're beginning with the end of
mind of the of the yeoman iranian of the
days of all the high holidays
the end is nila the end is that
the final service the concluding service
of the holiday that's the end
and that's really for many people it's
the high point like even if you're
hungry and you're tired and
and whatever it is like especially i
know we were in yeshiva nila was
exciting there was an excitement in the
air
because even though it had been a long
day it had been 24 or 24 hours out of
the 25 hours
into the fast at that point it's just an
excitement about it and there's
there's a sense of urgency about it and
and it's just the whole atmosphere
and everyone's thinking about just doing
that final making the final push doing
whatever they can because it's all about
this moment that's the whole idea of the
elo the closing service of yom kippur
in the ila in the special prayer that we
say for naila
the words are absolutely fascinating
what do we say over there
when we're describing the whole concept
of yom kippur
we say this in the immediate the the
main prayer that we say from elah we say
atenose that you
extend the hand you offer an end to the
hand to the people who transgress
of the kabul and your right hand is
extended to accept those who want to
return
and you taught us that we have the
ability to say the confessional the
vidoy
in front of you right sounds good now
we're painting on
kipper and then all the glory of them
kipper in these words
why says the amidah
yadeno in order that
we should stop stealing
okay let me let me expound on what we're
saying over here
the whole rosh hashanah arrow before it
slickers are saying right now blowing
the shaffer they are seriously made true
the 10 days in between
they're trying to be good they're trying
to be careful the fasting on yom kippur
the five dive in the 24 hours of praying
or 25 hours of praying we do on yom
kippur
everything everything the whole purpose
of it the whole reason we
do it is so that we should stop
stealing what was the last time you
stole
i mean okay maybe some people aren't so
honest on their taxes sometimes
maybe you get an extra apple in your
basket from the store and you don't
return it
but you know let's face it i don't think
most of us think about
theft as the big uh big struggle of our
generation
you know dare i say most people in this
room stealing things probably not
high on their list for the things they
have to work on for rosh hashanah kipper
but why is it when we're in the
crescendo of yom kippur
when we're talking about the amazing
moment of
everything the yom kippur is and here we
have yom kippur the almighty gave us
to be able to return and he taught us
how to do it he gave us the feedback
give us everything
why the man of yoshika dangerous so that
we shouldn't steal anymore
what in the world is the amina talking
about
says the gara rebba it's a fact
that that is the great problem of the
jewish people
theft theft of what
the almighty gave us all
many talents and ability and life
circumstances
to do things to connect to do amazing
things
if we are here we're here for a purpose
and the almighty is rooting for us and
cheering for us to
achieve that purpose he has given us
everything we have
life sustenance everything we need a
roof over our heads he gave it
all to us why so we should do something
and if we're not doing it we're just
like a petty theft
so they're a petty thief so therefore
when we come to the crescendo of yom
kippur
what do we ask the almighty for we have
all this so that we shouldn't steal
anymore
so that we should paint our masterpiece
so we should reach our purpose
so we should become the people we are
able to become and that he intends for
us to become
because that is the purpose of yom
kippur
that is what we were trying to do on yom
kippur we're trying to get to the point
of le mans
so that the stealing with our hands
should cease
that's why we have yom kippur
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