A lot of Yom Kippur paintings show people looking sad, but it is really a holiday about redemption and forgiveness. Still, it is a day for quiet retrospection.
There is definitely some overlap with atonement and penance (depending on definition). Revenge is rarely about justice, other than the subjective mind of the person seeking revenge.
I noticed the title "Solitude" after I thought "Despair".
ReplyDeleteA lot of Yom Kippur paintings show people looking sad, but it is really a holiday about redemption and forgiveness. Still, it is a day for quiet retrospection.
DeleteImportant not to confuse atonement with penance or revenge with justice.
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely some overlap with atonement and penance (depending on definition). Revenge is rarely about justice, other than the subjective mind of the person seeking revenge.
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