Vayikra 23:29

29 For whatsoever nefesh it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

Vayikra 23:29 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 23:29

For whatsoever soul [it be] that shall not be afflicted in
that same day
That is, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem explain it, which can fast and does not fast; for a sick person, and a child under nine years of age, were not obliged to fast on this day {p}:

he shall be cut off from among his people;
by an untimely death, by the hand of God; the Targum of Jonathan says, by the pestilence.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Maimon. Hilchot Shebitat Ashur, c. 2. sect. 8, 10.

Vayikra 23:29 In-Context

27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be Yom Kippurim; it shall be a mikra kodesh unto you; and ye shall afflict your nefashot, and offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem.

28 And ye shall do no work in that same day; for it is Yom Kippurim, to make kapporah for you before Hashem Eloheichem.

29 For whatsoever nefesh it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

30 And whatsoever nefesh it be that doeth any work in that same day, that nefesh will I destroy from among his people.

31 Ye shall do no manner of work; it shall be a chukkat olam throughout your dorot in all your dwellings.