Venue: Young Israel of Oceanside Young Israel of Oceanside

Machshava:

Teshuva,  Yom Kippur 

Collections: R' Jonathan Muskat Drashot

Description

On Rosh Hashana each of us stands before God alone, but on Yom Kippur we return together as a community. From the golden calf onward, Yom Kippur has taught that our greatest failures come not only from sin itself but from silence, and our greatest strength lies in shared responsibility. Moshe Rabbeinu’s willingness to sacrifice for his people shows that teshuva is only possible when we carry one another with love, empathy, and inclusion. That is why our confessions are communal, why we seek forgiveness from each other, and why Yom Kippur is ultimately a day of deep joy: because we find God not only in our own return, but in the way we help bring each other home.