16 Friday, September 16 ; 1983

THE DETROIT JEWISH_ NEWS

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Air of Solemnity and Teshuva Marks Yom Kippur 5744

By RABBI MARC
TANENBAUM

Seven Arts Features

An air of solemn and
exalted absorption will fall
over Jewish congregations
at sunset today with the
chanting of the moving
Aramaic prayer of Kol Nid-

rei with which the Jewish
people throughout the
world will inaugurate the
observance of Yom Kippur,
the Day of Atonement. Cli-
maxing the 10 days of peni-
tence that began with Rosh
Hashana last week, Yom
Kippur is the most sacred of

the Jewish holy days.
It is observed as a solemn
fast day from sundown to
sundown and is char-
acterized by individual and
communal spiritual exer-
cises to renew one's inner
life for the coming year. Its
perennial message is that it
is possible for human beings
to improve their character,
to strengthen their ethical
conscience and moral re-
sponsibility through the
rigorous discipline of
teshuva, turning away from
error and sin.

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Teshuva, the idea of
man's ability to change for
the better, is regarded as
the brightest jewel among
the teachings of Judaism,
for it is the foundation of op-
timism and 'hope. If man
had no escape from sin and
error, he would be crushed
forever. No man is free of
sin, but no man can' sink so
low that he cannot turn
away from wrongdoing if he
will only make the effort to
change.
Judaism does not rec
ognize a "point of no re-
turn." The gates of peni-
tence are never shut even
until the day of death.
How does one do teshuva,
repent? The medieval
Jewish philosopher,
Maimonides, distilled three
stages: recognition of the
sin, confession, that is,
diagnosis of the illness, ex-
pression of regret, which
marks the beginning of the
healing process; and the
resolution to change, to sin
no more, followed by a deci-
sion to pursue a righteous

path.
Yom Kippur therefore is
not a magical day of pardon;
rather this day of prayer
and fasting is an annual ex-
perience designed to enable
fragmented, dislocated man
in all his frailty to be re-
stored to a state of ethical
and spiritual wholeness

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necessary to carry out a
mission of redemptive work
in the world.
It is a message of the
synagogue worthy of reflec-
tion and commitment on the
part of all Jews, and of all
men who crave for spiritual
integration and human
brotherhood.

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Nazi Memorial
Draws Protest

AMSTERDAM (JTA) —
Anti-Nazi organizations in
Holland protested against
plans by right-wing Neder-
landse Volksunie (NVU),
an organization banned by
the authorities. The rally
was scheduled for Sept. 7 in
memory of Peter Ton, a
Dutch Nazi killed on that
date in 1940 in a brawl.

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