Footsteps of Angels: Yom Kippur

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06 Oct 2016
Yom Kippur

ladder directed up to blue cloudy skies and sunThere are interesting lessons to be learned from an unusual aspect of the Yom Kippur prayers.

On Yom Kippur we say Baruch Shem Kevod out loud in Shema because we are like the angels. At the end of Yom Kippur we say it silently again? Aren’t we more like angels at Maariv right after Yom Kippur?