Q. Reading the current parshiot. If all of Klal Yisroel did Teshuva individually anyway, and the day (Yom Kippur) also provided atonement, even nowadays, why was it necessary, other than obeying Hashem’s command, to have the Kohen Gadol provide Kapparah for all of them? Isn’t it redundant?

A. There are many degrees to Teshuva and to the forgiveness it creates. As mentioned in Rambam (H. Teshuva), and many other sefarim, the process of true repentance and total elimination of the wrongs and sins committed is not simple at all.

Numerous stories and cases of Baalei Teshuva and Tzadikim also repenting clearly demonstrate how difficult and challenging the process can truly be. Therefore the redemption of the sins mentioned in the parsha must include every single step possible.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.