The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, includes several special readings:
Morning:
- Leviticus 16:1-34
- Numbers 29:7-11
- Isaiah 57:14 - 58:14
Afternoon:
- Leviticus 18:1-30
- The Book of Jonah
The first two morning readings from the Torah concern the Biblical performance of the Yom Kippur service. The third reading is an additional reading, known as the Haftarah. It focuses on the proper way to fast.
The afternoon reading focuses on sexual prohibitions, which are the most common and most tempting form of sin, and therefore require admonition. The Haftarah is the entire Book of Jonah, which is a deep story about repentance.
Like Jonah, each of us has a mission. We can deny it, but we must ultimately follow the path God has chosen. And if we repent, then even like the sinful people of Nineveh, we can be forgiven and put on a path to victory again.
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/58806/jewish/Yom-Kippur.htm
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This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
