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5 Ways Atonement Works (Even When the Text is Hard)

JL;DR SUMMARY This piece from the 18Forty weekly Parsha Guide unpacks five complex layers of atonement in the parshas of Acharei Mot-Kedoshim and relates them to contemporary life. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yom KippurAtonementSacrificeRambanScapegoatBoundariesRebukeHoliness CodeModern PsychologyConsumption Laws

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