Is Teshuvah required on Yom Kippur in order to receive atonement?[1]
The Gemara in Shavuos[2] brings an argument between Reb Yehuda and Chochamim. Rebbe Yehuda holds that the essence of the day of Yom Kippur atones for a person’s sins even without him doing Teshuvah. The Chochamim hold one must do Teshuvah in order to merit receiving the day’s atonement. The final ruling in Halacha sides with the Chochamim.[3] According to both opinions however, it is the day of Yom Kippur itself which atones, the argument is only with regards to if one must do Teshuvah on this day to merit its atonement.[4]
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[1] Likkutei Sichos 4 p. 1149; 27 p. 124; See also See Melukat 4 p. 17
[2] Shavuos 12b
[3] Rambam Hilchos Teshuvah 1:2-3; Likkutei Sichos ibid
[4] Likkutei Sichos 4 ibid
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