Reply To: Yom Kippur like Purim

The Rabbenu Bachaya explains on ולא יהי’ בהם נגף בפקוד אותם, the Jews as a whole are all tzadikim. When we are counting them, we separate the group and the bad will be revealed therefore Hashem reviews us on Rosh Hashanah together. כל ישראל יש להם חלק, together. When Bilam wanted to curse l’a, Bolok told him, to go to a place where he only sees part of them. When seeing all, he will not be able to accomplish anything. The holy Zohar in Parashas Terumah says, not to talk mundane things in shul as it creates a separation and drives Hashem out, who wants to reside in a unity with us by showing that one does not care if He dwells with us. אנכי עומד בין ה’ ובין עמכם The Baal Shem Tov says that the ego of one stands between Hashem and us,