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The Sin You Commit After Yom Kippur

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You know what's the sin after yum kipper? That many people don't believe that God has forgiven them. People are praying a holy yum kipper asking God for forgiveness, atonement, there's remorse, there's healing, there's transformation. And then yum kipper ends. And what's the last thing Jews do before they leave the synagogue? They pray an evening service. And how does it begin? It begins with the words, "God is compassionate and he will atone our sins." And then a few minutes into the service, we have this whole prayer. God, please forgive me for I've sinned. I've transgressed. I made mistakes. Come on. You've been praying all day, 24 hours, fasting, not eating, not drinking. So now Yum Kipper is over. I'm like, "Oh, by the way, I've sinned. I have sinned. God forgive me. What type of sins? If he really forgave us, he forgave us. This is a joke." We believe that the evil and the poison and the toxicity has penetrated our core. We don't believe that we're capable of real forgiveness. Can we ask ourselves for forgiveness? Can you forgive yourself for being human and making mistakes because God has forgiven