Jonah: Studying the Yom Kippur Reading on a Deeper Level (Rebroadcast)
The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
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The Soul Is a Co-Conspirator in the Crimes of Jonah
The soul committed the crimes, the body committed the crimes as well. But you know what? The soul should have known better. And therefore, he's the one who's really guilty. Just punish the soul. They lifted Jonah. They threw him overboard. There's a very dramatic account here that as the angel of death is coming closer and closer, the soul is being brought up from the feet. So similarly over here. The fact that the body was entirely condoning of the desires of the soul. It's a co-conspirator in the crimes.
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