Rabbi Moshe Haber Yona's Mission and the Yom Kippur Reset 10.1.25
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Yona's Mission and the Yom Kippur ResetThe provided text is an excerpt from a sermon or lesson that focuses on the reading of the Book of Jonah on Yom Kippur. The speaker explains the story of the prophet Jonah, who was instructed by God to go to the non-Jewish city of Nineveh to get them to repent (Teshubah), but tried to flee by sea. Jonah’s subsequent near-death experience in a large fish and his eventual fulfilling of the mission is presented as an allegory for the Jewish people and every individual's need to commit to their divine mission. The speaker argues that the reason the entire story is read, rather than just the ending where the non-Jews repent, is because it serves as a powerful parable of resetting one's life and recommitting to one's purpose, a central theme of Yom Kippur.
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