Вайикра 23:27 Комментарий: Tze'enah Ure'enah, Rashi, Ibn Ezra & Ramban

“But the tenth day of the month” [23:27]. However, the tenth day of the month of Tishrei will be the conclusion of the Day of Judgment. The Midrash says that the word “But” [ach] shows us that Yom Kippur forgives the sins of those who repent. However, those who do not repent will not have expiation on Yom Kippur. That is to say, one should not rely on, because it is written, “expiation is made on your behalf” [23:28], that Yom Kippur will atone, even for those who will not repent.¹²Bahya, Leviticus, 23:27.

אך — The words אך and רק wherever they occur in Scripture have a limitative force; here the word implies: it (Yom Kippur) makes expiation for those who repent, but it does not make expiation for those who do not repent (אך... יום הכפורים הוא — in a limitative sense it is Yom Kippur) (Shevuot 13a; cf. Rashi on Exodus 34:7).

Scripture says However concerning the holiday on the tenth because normally a holiday is a happy day. For example, in Ezra’s book we see the phrase “go your way, eat sumptuously, and drink sweet beverages” [Nehemiah 8:10].