Yom Kippur - The 955th Gate

<p>What happens when it feels like the door has closed?</p><p><br></p><p>Acher hears a Bas Kol say, “Return, wayward children, except for Acher.” Neilah itself is the moment when the gates are closing.</p><p><br></p><p>And yet Chazal teach us that this is precisely the moment not to give up.</p><p><br></p><p>In this dhmoy, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explores one of the deepest ideas in teshuvah: that even when everything seems sealed, even when a person feels too far gone, there is still a place beyond despair. Teshuvah reaches all the way to the Kisei HaKavod.</p><p><br></p><p>Sometimes the gate that seems to be closing is the gate you are meant to keep knocking on.</p>