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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