Kippur, as in the name of Yom Kippur,
denotes atonement, a translation that as “at-one-ment,” can be read,
being for the sins that we’ve committed a great cure,
bilingually explaining why “Blessed is the name of God’s glory” can be said,
as all angels do allegedly, aloud,
after the first verse of shema when we’ve proclaimed that He is One,
all purified of sins to say this aloud allowed,
since on this day our sins will, by our God who’s One, be just like a Gordian knot undone.
In “A Day of At-One-ness: A Christian Translation: Yom Ha-kippurim: The Biblical Significance,” thetorah.com, Baruch J. Schwartz writes:
https://www.thetorah.com/article/yom-ha-kippurim-the-biblical-significance
In English translations of the Torah, this day is called the “Day of Atonement.” This translation entered English Bibles centuries ago. And while the translators were all learned in the Hebrew tongue, they were also believing Christians—and so they naturally translated a Hebrew word according to its meaning in Christian theology. This expression—the Day of Atonement—is an example of this. The English word “atone” comes from tBlessed be the Name of God’s Glorywo words: “at” and “one.” To atone is to be “at one” with someone, to be of one mind and heart.[2] The early translators were saying that this is the day on which humans and God are reconciled—humans, who are constantly estranged from God, are finally reunited with Him in perfect fellowship.
Gershon Hepner is a poet who has written over 25,000 poems on subjects ranging from music to literature, politics to Torah. He grew up in England and moved to Los Angeles in 1976. Using his varied interests and experiences, he has authored dozens of papers in medical and academic journals, and authored “Legal Friction: Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel.” He can be reached at gershonhepner@gmail.com.
