"Yom HaKipurim"
We have come to Yom Kippur "The Day of Atonement"
But what does "Yom Kippur" mean?
The word "Yom" in Hebrew is day, and "Kippur" is derived from the word Kapara "expiation", kapara comes from "Kaporet or Kofer" Which means "to cover" We can then understand that it would be an atonement to our sins or "a covering to our sins"
Each one anticipates this fearful day preparing, since on this day our destiny will be decided and our verdict will be sealed, but what the uninitiated person does not reach capture the real dimension of Yom Kippur: "An extraordinary spiritual force that has been given to this day", which impresses even the most distant heart of Judaism, even it feels the need to manifest the Jewish identity no matter how far away it is, by gathering to the entire community gathered in the synagogue.
Each son of Israel descended from Yaacov called Israel, possesses a spark of Yaacov's soul "Nefesh Yaacov" is the spark of the truth of the Torah that Yaacov personified.
Although the Jew due to his many faults manages to extinguish in himself this Sacred spark due to his estrangement from Judaism, he can never be completely extinguished.
On Yom Kippur, a breath comes to us from the highest spiritual spheres, enlightening our spirit and helping us to reject the seductions of a "free" life of Torah and Divine Precepts. This breath enlivens our "perpetual flame."
It exhorts certain people to redouble their fervor, to sustain their elevation, to others it only produces a leaking push, something to calm a restless conscience.
En It is very important how much the person has prepared in advance in the days of Teshuva to welcome this Divine breath.
We read in the Mishnah Yomá 8: "Says Rabbi Akiba: You are blessed Israel, see Before Whom do you purify and Who Purifies you "
For the Creator is the source of perfection. However, the forgiveness of Israel's sins during the day of Kippur can only take place if it is preceded by a "Teshuva Shlemá"
(a complete repentance) and a determination not to relapse.
(Sources Information Kitzur Shulján Aruj R. Yosef Caro)
The Garden of Breslev wishes you:
Gmar Jatima tova!
(It is customary to wish others before and during the day of Yom Kippur with this phrase, and its literal translation is “ that we have a good final seal "and its meaning is" the desire that we be inscribed in the book of life ")