Parshat Acharei Mot gives all of the details related to the Yom Kippur. Clearly, this day was a convergence of the holiest day of the year, in the holiest location in the world, together with the holiest person on earth.

The Alshich tries to put this all into perspective focusing on the special role of the Jewish people in the world. It was necessary that there be a day of cleansing and purification for Am Yisrael. The Kohein Gadol officiated at the Temple service related to Yom Kippur.

The concept of a national soul applied only to the Jewish people. This explains why Jews feel for other Jews anywhere in the world. We do not find this by any other religion in the world. This is because only the Jewish people have this special role of educating the world what is right and wrong, and teaching of the unity of Hashem.

There is a well known verse recited when the Torah is removed from the Ark. “For out of Zion shall the Torah come forth, and the word of G-d from Jerusalem.”

Israel is the center of the universe. All holiness emanates from there. Therefore, a day of purification like Yom Kippur was needed, to “recharge the collective batteries” of the Jewish nation.

They need to keep the world sane, and bring sanctity to the world and teach true morality to end the insanity and wayward path that so many have strayed upon.

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