Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, celebrates our relationship with G-d

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, celebrates our relationship with G-d. It provides a special opportunity for each of us to bond with our very essence, the part within us that forever remains close to G-d.  All of us at Chabad.org wish for you to be sealed in the Book of Life for a good and sweet new year!

The day is the most solemn of the year, yet an undertone of joy suffuses it. A joy that revels in our connection with our Creator and expresses confidence that, as the doors of judgement close, our prayers will be accepted and we will be granted a year of goodness, life, health and happiness.

During Yom Kippur of old, one High Priest, serving one G-d, in G-d's one Temple, on His one holiest day, would beseech Him on behalf of His one people.  Today, one person, making one good resolution, doing one good deed—can change the entire world.  

This Yom Kippur, you hold the keys to the world's future.

Your good deed, your primal cry from the depths of your soul, can penetrate the Gates of Heaven and tip the scales for all of humankind.  Our Sages teach us that a crucial part of our service to G-d is to give generously of our earnings to charity.

We work hard to earn our income. We pour all of our energy—our soul—into it. When we then give it away to charity—when we recognize that we are but G-d's appointed caretakers of the resources He entrusted to us and act on His behalf to distribute it—we demonstrate one of the highest levels of faith a human being can achieve: We give a piece of our very soul.

In preparation for Yom Kippur, when we pray that the power of our one soul be propelled by the power of the one day to reach the very essence of our one G-d, let us demonstrate our faith. Let us bare our very soul by giving freely and generously to charity.

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Many millions of good deeds will be performed across the globe this year through your partnership.

May you merit to experience Yom Kippur in the deepest, holiest way. And may you and each of your loved ones—and the entire world—be sealed in the Book of Life for an easy year, a healthy year, a happy year, and a year that we merit to see the ultimate perfection of the world with the coming of our righteous Moshiach.

On behalf of the staff of Chabad.org,

Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin
Director

This year the Jewish world marks 20 years since the passing of the Rebbe, of righteous memory. To learn more about the Rebbe and his extraordinary teachings, we encourage you to check out these books: My Rebbe (Even Israel-Steinsaltz), and the New York Times bestselling Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History (Telushkin).