YKip Vechol Adam (5723)

The Alef Kabbala Group (7 October 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1962 concerning Yom Kippur. The High Priest is alone with G-d in the Holy of Holies ('No-one shall be with him, not even angels'), and this applies to every individual today on Yom Kippur. During the repetition of Musaf one describes how this entry to ultimate holiness would take place in the Temple, and it is experienced most intensely during Ne'ilah. The discourse explores the five different dimensions of spirituality accessed through Mitzvot in general, specially deep Mitzvot like Brit Milah, Teshuvah, Yom Kippur, entry to the Holy of Holies. These correspond to the five levels of the soul, revealed on Yom Kippur.