Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Yom Kippur Topic – Wednesday night shiur – Tishrei 6 (09/16/26)
Sugya: The power of Yom Kippur
Learn the end of the משנה מס’ תענית דף כו: “אמר רשב”ג לא היו ימים טובים
And the גמרא תענית דף לו: “אמר רשב”ג until”אלא טו באב
Questions:
What is the connection between סליחה וכפרה on Yom Kippur and the fact that it is the day that the second luchins were given?
What is the connection between Yom Kippur and Tu BAv?
Why did they make the shidduch event specifically on these two days?
Why did they dance in circles?
Why did they wear white dresses?
Learn משנה יומא דף פה עמ’ ב
Questions:
What is the connection of the end of the Mishna of “אמר ר’ עקיבא אשריכם to the beginning of the mishna which discusses what is needed to effect a kaparah?
Rebbe Akiva brings two pesukim that proves Hashem is מטהר the Jewish nation. Why the need for both pesukim? What’s the difference between the two of them?
Learn ספר שפתי חיים מועדים א page 266-268
Learn ספר אור ישראל (from Rabbi Yisrael Salanter) אגרת ז starting from paragraph “יום הכיפורים
