The Prayers of Yom Kippur: Rabbi Weil

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13 Sep 2010
Yom Kippur

Understanding the depth and beauty of the prayers found in the Yom Kippur Machzor, based on Insights from Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik. One of the major themes in the machzor is the dialectic between the grandeur and majesty of the human condition on the one hand and the frail nature of the human condition on the other. A discussion of the 2 types of viduy found in the Torah and the seir l’azazel.