Published: December 12, 2013
Originally recorded: September 6, 2010

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Lesson Highlights

• The big picture of the holidays of Libra 
• The ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur provide the opportunity to cleanse our negativity & judgment
• All the holidays offer precise technology to help us retain energy
• The seven days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and how they affect our year
• Yom Kippur: immersion into a spiritual Mikveh of mercy    
• Appreciating this enormous gift of Binah energy
• The Opponent's attempts to undermine our certainty
• Connecting with enthusiasm
• The five restrictions of Yom Kipur: disconnecting from the physical to connect to the spiritual cleansing
• Two aspects to food: physical and spiritual
• Eating extra the day before Yom Kippur is considered as fasting for two days according to Rav Isaac Luria
• Create a vessel for the spiritual energy we receive on Yom Kippur through the extra food on the day before
• Cleansing of vows with the Kol Nidrei: the power to cancel all decrees against us based on the previous year and the last ten days
• Entering Yom Kippur with a clean slate
• The five spiritual meals of Yom Kippur: Arvit, Shachrit, Musaf, Mincha and Neilah
• The Ari calls each connection a meal to indicate we are not suffering but receiving powerful nourishment
• The Opponent controls 364 days of the year, but has no control on Yom Kippur
• Yom Kippur offerings in the Holy Temple: The scapegoat and the sacrificial offering
• Connecting to the purity of the High Priest
• Locking out the Opponent in the coming year
• Strengthening a positive connection with excitement

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Lesson Description

Eitan transforms our understanding of Yom Kippur from a day of somberness to a day of profound joy. It is a day when our Opponent is not present to interfere with our connection to the energy of all goodness, mercy and pure desire. The kabbalists of history relate Yom Kippur to a spiritual mikveh (ritual bath) which provides a powerful cleansing from negativity. The quality of our year ahead may well depend on our enthusiastic embrace of the Kabbalistic tool known as Yom Kippur.

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About This Course

Written 2,000 years ago by Rav Shimon Bar Yochai, the Zohar explains all of the secrets of the Bible, the Universe and every aspect of life. The Zohar class is a weekly journey to understand the energy and challenges that will confront us during the week and how we can elevate our consciousness to prevent chaos from occurring in our lives.

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