This Parshah is read on Yom Kippur, and it is known that when we read the kiryah of a specific day, it elicits the influences of that day. In this vein, it is related that Rav Osher of Stolin zy”a would become very emotional when reading Parshas Acharei Mos, to the extent of almost falling to exhaustion. It is said that the explanation of this is that when a person cooks a food, he takes a taste to see if it is ready to be eaten. So too, we “take a taste” of Yom Kippur on this Shabbos. In other words, it is a “toameha” of Yom Kippur.
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