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YOM KIPPUR
Following the sin of the Golden Calf, Moshe pleaded with Hashem to forgive the people. Finally on Yom Kippur, Hashem forgave the Jewish people and Moshe brought the second set of Tablets down from Mount Sinai. Hashem thus taught us that if he could forgive the sin of the Eigel (the Golden Calf) that we could seek his forgiveness for anything; as long as we are sincere in our Teshuva (repentance) From
that day forward, every Yom Kippur has carried with it a special power to
cleanse the mistakes of Jews (both individually and collectively) and to wipe
the slate clean. Though
while Yom Kippur atones for transgressions against God, this does not include
wrongs committed against other human beings. It is therefore the universal
Jewish custom – some time before Yom Kippur -- to apologise and seek
forgiveness from any friends, relative, or acquaintances whom we may have harmed
or insulted over the past year.
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