“And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.”
Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. The work prohibition on the Day of Atonement is grounded in its purpose: atonement is being made for you before the Lord your God. The community that ceases from work on the Day of Atonement creates the space in which the priestly atonement ceremony can accomplish its purpose. The cessation of ordinary work is the community's participation in the extraordinary work of the Day of Atonement's priestly ceremony.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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