The ONLY reason why Yom Kippur is such a big 'Jewish' holy day is because most Jews have addopted the Christian culture, it is our token day of Catholicism. It, like the contemporary Jewish celebration of the Holocaust, and the state of Israel, represent  a new branch of Jewish obseverance and ritual, it if filled with pain, guilt and twisted sense of nationalism, based on collective suffering and ultimately self hate.

Repentance and atonement are not big features of Authentic Judaism. The hebrew word for repentance 'Teshuva' means 'return', i.e. return your consciousness and your deeds to the awareness of the Oneness of All reality.

That's why the Kick Ass Kung Fu Kabbalists explain that the word Teshuva has the same hebrew letters as The Shabbath (HaShabbat). Which is particularly a focus of this years Yom Kippur which takes place on a Shabbat.

Yom Kippur is actually a Yom Tov, a happy and festive day, an oppertunity to reconnect your inner Oneness with the All, to discover a deep and tranquil sense of inner peace and happiness.

A level of Happiness that is not dependent on external stimuli, such as eating, drinking, shagging, covering yourself with oils, wearing nice shoes, having a hair cut, chatting with friends, watching TV, etc.. etc...

In the Jerusalem Temple the High Preist would enter the Holy of Holies and come face to face with the Divine Presence, so too each of us has an oppertunity to enter our own inner temple, and to discover that, the Holy of Holies is found within us, that you are Holy! - When you realise this - all your sins disapear, you are forgiven, because you have forgiven yourself!

Wishing you all a Deeply Happy Yom Kippur and a Very Merry Sichat Torah!