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https://yahadut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/06-35-17.jpeg16201080Towards the end of Yom Kippur, the sanctity of the day ebbs away. The gates of heaven, open to all penitents who knocked, are about to be locked. Therefore, the concluding prayer service is called Ne’ila (“Locking”). Because Ne’ila is so important, the custom is to leave the ark open during the entire service. Efforts should be made to recite Ne’ila with intense concentration. The primary atonement takes place at the close of Yom Kippur, after a long day of fasting and repenting. Therefore, even those who feel weak should push themselves to keep going – praying on behalf of the nation, repenting, and resolving to increase their Torah study and mitzva observance. At the conclusion of Ne’ila, when there is no more time to confess or pray, we accept the yoke of heaven by collectively calling out the first verse of the Shema and “The Lord is God.” For ...