Yom Kippur - The 955th Gate

Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg · Sep 17, 2026 · 27m

What happens when it feels like the door has closed?

Acher hears a Bas Kol say, “Return, wayward children, except for Acher.” Neilah itself is the moment when the gates are closing.

And yet Chazal teach us that this is precisely the moment not to give up.

In this dhmoy, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explores one of the deepest ideas in teshuvah: that even when everything seems sealed, even when a person feels too far gone, there is still a place beyond despair. Teshuvah reaches all the way to the Kisei HaKavod.

Sometimes the gate that seems to be closing is the gate you are meant…