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What Does Yom Kippur Have To Do With Megillat Esther?

What Does Yom Kippur Have To Do With Megillat Esther?

In Acharei Mot, we learn about the priest’s Yom Kippur service in the Tabernacle. But there’s something very interesting about the language used to describe this section — it’s strikingly similar to the story of Megillat Esther. What does Yom Kippur -- with its themes of repentance and closeness to God -- have to do with Esther? Join Rabbi Fohrman and Rivky as they re-examine these two texts, and never think Acharei Mot or Megillat Esther the same way again.

Rabbi David Fohrman

Founder and Lead Scholar

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