Yom Kippur: Confession and Atonement

Confession is a major part of the Yom Kippur service. What is the source for this practice and what is the relationship between confession and atonement? In this podcast, Rabbi Meir Schweiger examines a number of possible resolutions to these questions, which will hopefully make the Yom Kippur experience more meaningful. Please note that there is a source sheet to accompany this podcast. See pardes.org.il to download it.

This podcast was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor in appreciation of Rabbi Meir Schweiger. If you would like to sponsor a podcast, contact jamie@pardes.org.

Pardes is excited to share the new Pardes Companion to Yom Kippur. The Companion is a collection of articles by Pardes faculty members to help prepare and guide you through the highlights of the Yom Kippur rituals and prayer service. See The Pardes Companion to Yom Kippur.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il.

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Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Meir Schweiger

Rabbi Meir Schweiger taught at Pardes for more than four decades before retiring in 2020. Originally from the Bronx, New York, he made aliyah in 1972. He studied at Yeshiva University, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and Yeshivat Har Etzion, received rabbinic ordination in Jerusalem, and later earned an M.Ed. in Teaching Bible from Herzog College.

At Pardes, Meir taught a wide range of subjects including Chumash, Talmud, Halakha and Siddur. He served as Mashgiach Ruhani, guiding the school’s spiritual life through coordinating and supervising tefillot, tiyulim, shabbatonim, and pre-holiday yemei iyun. For more than 10 years, Meir was also the Director of the Pardes Fellows’ Program for returning 2nd year students and the Educational Director of the Pardes Learning Seminar.

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