The Metaphysical Effect of Sin and the Yom Kippur War

Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik

The Metaphysical Effect of Sin and the Yom Kippur War –

טומאת החטא ומלחמת יום הכיפורים

From the 1974 Teshuva Drasha. Summarized in "Before Hashem You Shall Be Purified: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on the Days of Awe - Expanded Edition (Ohr Publishing, 2022), pages 36-39 and in ימי זכרון (הסתדרות הציונות העולמית, תשמ"ז)- דפים 145-149

00:00 - 05:00- The Sinner as Object, the Baal Teshuvah as Subject

05:00 - 06:00 - The Symbolism of the Sa'ir Hamishtaleiach

06:00- 07:54 - Climbing Mount Sinai

07:55- 09:32 - Adam and Eve's transformation

09:32 - 12:03 - Sin equated with sleep

12:03 - 24:00 - The tragedy of Samson

24:00 - 27:55 - The tragedy of the Yom Kippur War

With thanks to DovBer Zirkind and Yacov Ganon for help with subtitles

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