[Avodah] mechila

Ben Bradley bdbradley70 at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 11 12:57:24 PST 2019


'An old question of mine- Why is the minhag haolam (common practice) to ask for mechilla (forgiveness) during asseret ymai tshuva (10 days of repentance) rather than before Rosh Hashana (when the initial judgment is written down)?'

Isn't that the same question as why we have the aseres ymei teshuva after RH, not before? After all, the purpose of asking mechila is that we can't have mechila or kapara on mitzvos bein adam l'makom until we've had mechila from those we've trespassed against (with apologies to external liturgy). So the minhag haolam re mechila and the teshuva of aseres ymei teshuva are all part of the same process and issue.
The question of why the order of of RH/AYT/YK is what it is has been asked and has a number of approaches. But your question seems just part of that bigger question.
Ben
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