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The Baal Shem Tov writes: וביום הכיפורים לית ליה רשות לאסטוני (יומא ד"כ ע"א), על כן בא השטן בכל כחו לקטרג על כל אדם On the day of Yom Kippur, [the Satan] has no permission to prosecute, therefore ...
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- The [Baal Shem Tov](https://www.sefaria.org/Baal_Shem_Tov%2C_Rosh_Hashana_and_Yom_Kippur.22.2?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en) writes:
- >וביום הכיפורים לית ליה רשות לאסטוני ([יומא ד"כ ע"א](https://www.sefaria.org/Yoma.20a.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en)), על כן בא השטן בכל כחו לקטרג על כל אדם
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>On the day of Yom Kippur, [the Satan] has no permission to prosecute , therefore the Satan is coming in full force to prosecute everyone.- Since the Satan can't harm us *on* Yom Kippur, he will do whatever he can *the day before* Yom Kippur to punish us, even about a sin that is small enough to get away with on a normal day. Therefore, we are concerned that maybe someone will do a small sin, and the Satan will cause him to choke.
- The [Baal Shem Tov](https://www.sefaria.org/Baal_Shem_Tov%2C_Rosh_Hashana_and_Yom_Kippur.22.2?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en) writes:
- >וביום הכיפורים לית ליה רשות לאסטוני ([יומא ד"כ ע"א](https://www.sefaria.org/Yoma.20a.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en)), על כן בא השטן בכל כחו לקטרג על כל אדם
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- >On the day of Yom Kippur, [the Satan] has no permission to prosecute, therefore the Satan is coming in full force to prosecute everyone.
- Since the Satan can't harm us *on* Yom Kippur, he will do whatever he can *the day before* Yom Kippur to punish us, even about a sin that is small enough to get away with on a normal day. Therefore, we are concerned that maybe someone will do a small sin, and the Satan will cause him to choke.
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There is only one day out of the whole year that the שטן cannot persecute us, and that day is Yom Kippur. Baal Shem Tov Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur 22
- The [Baal Shem Tov](https://www.sefaria.org/Baal_Shem_Tov%2C_Rosh_Hashana_and_Yom_Kippur.22.2?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en) writes:
- >וביום הכיפורים לית ליה רשות לאסטוני ([יומא ד"כ ע"א](https://www.sefaria.org/Yoma.20a.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en)), על כן בא השטן בכל כחו לקטרג על כל אדם
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- >On the day of Yom Kippur, [the Satan] has no permission to prosecute , therefore the Satan is coming in full force to prosecute everyone.
- Since the Satan can't harm us *on* Yom Kippur, he will do whatever he can *the day before* Yom Kippur to punish us, even about a sin that is small enough to get away with on a normal day. Therefore, we are concerned that maybe someone will do a small sin, and the Satan will cause him to choke.