Q. Why did Hashem
pick the 10th of Tishrei as Yom Kippur?
A. After the
sin of the golden calf, Moshe ascended to Mount Sinai to receive the second set
of commandments. For forty days, Moshe and Bnai Israel were praying and
fasting. At the end of the forty day period, on the 10th of Tishrei,
Hashem said, that He has pardoned their sins and gave Moshe a new set of
tablets.
On Yom Kippur, man is pardoned by Hashem; however, not by
his fellow man, thereby, he must go to the people he has forsaken and ask for
their forgiveness.
Moreover,
Hashem does not forgive those who are lax about observing the Torah throughout
the year because they think that they just can do teshuva-repent- on Yom Kippur
and be forgiven.
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