Above All Else, Yom Kippur Is a Celebration of Human Freedom https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2018/09/above-all-else-yom-kippur-is-a-celebration-of-human-freedom/

September 18, 2018 | Meir Soloveichik
About the author: Meir Soloveichik is the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. His new website, containing all of his media appearances, podcasts, and writing, can be found at meirsoloveichik.com.

Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, begins this evening at sundown. In a lecture that cites, among others, Natan Sharansky, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveichik, and George F. Will, Meir Soloveichik explores the holiday’s meaning, arguing that its message of the human capacity for improvement is the antithesis of both ancient pagan fatalism and the modern cult of victimhood. (Video, 35 minutes. Previous lectures in this series can be found at the link below.)

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