Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Atonement

Yom Kippur atones only for those who repent and believe in the atonement it conveys. If a person holds it in disdain and thinks in his heart, "What will Yom Kippur do for me?" - Yom Kippur will not atone for him.

(Shulchan Aruch HaRav 607:16)