Exploring the Soul: V'chol Odom 5679

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.

Publisher:

Kehot Pubns Society

Date Published:

2016-05-05