Please read through the sources below and consider the following questions:
1. What do they all have in common?
2. What is different among these different situations/rituals?
3. Based on these passages, why do you think Chazal make a comparison between Yom Kippur and Purim?
Let's take a deeper look at this theme of casting lots. It is clearly a central theme of Yom Kippur, as it appears in two of the readings, and it also underlies the connection between Purim and Yom Kippur.
Please follow the links to several articles about this idea of "casting lots" and fill in the chart below:
Aish.com "Scapegoat" |
Chabad.org "The Angel and the Drunk" http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2549/jewish/The-Angel-and-the-Drunk.htm |
Ou.org "Puim and YK: An Odd Couple? |
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Main points of the article (pick 3-5...what is casting lots all about? what is the connection to Purim? etc.) | |||
According to the article, why is this an appropriate theme for YK? |