Erez – a good question because of its subtlety.
Yom Kippur is meant to atone for sins for someone who truly opens a new page.
God’s intervention and providence – that is connected to Yom Kippur – but the subtle difference is that one who fears the word of God will receive a good reward in the World to Come, and the sinner will receive his punishment in the World to Come, and all this is according to those who believe that in our times there is no full providence over the lowly. (I am among those who believe in God’s full providence over all who fear Him.) I experience daily evidence of this myself and hear of many miracles for the people of Israel.
Look what is written:
“Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God is an everlasting Rock.”
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose trust is the Lord.”
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart turns away from the Lord.”
“And those who know Your name will trust in You.”
“For the Lord will not forsake His people.”
“He who trusts in the Lord, kindness shall surround him.”
“And you who cleave to the Lord your God are all alive today.”
So anyone who does not trust in the Lord our God (and believe in His full providence) – even nowadays, in my opinion – causes accusations in Heaven, God forbid, against himself and those around him.
It all follows from the verses I cited, and even the Sages said: even if a sword is resting on a person’s neck, he should not despair of God’s mercy.

Thank you for your answer.
In connection with this subject, providence and the like, it is clear that your approach relies on a rationale that examines what happens in nature through empirical and intellectual eyes, and presumably the conclusions drawn are “confined” to that dimension alone.
But doesn’t the Torah have an additional dimension? Isn’t the essence of the relationship with the Creator of the world a different kind of “medium”? (one that cannot always be seen and measured)
In other words – is that not exactly what is required of us – to walk that “extra mile,” if you will, to step outside ourselves (in both senses) so as not to remain locked within the four cubits of nature, of the observable, of common sense? In order to be committed to something that is none of the distinctive characteristics of nature.

Best regards,

You got my father all tangled up,
My approach comes from how I was educated, what I understood, and what I absorbed with my empirical senses.
Great question, but the answer is even better: a person walks on some path toward a certain goal, he expects good, and suddenly sees evil before his eyes. He knows that he is a wholehearted man with God. Here he decides to step outside the four cubits of nature and of common sense – but where does he arrive? Do you know?
A believing person believes that everything he does with deliberate intention (his own inner intention – that what he does should be according to His blessed will), and therefore it must be that God will be with him and guide him all the way.
“If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in the netherworld, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of dawn, if I dwell at the farthest end of the sea – there too Your hand will guide me, and Your right hand will hold me fast!”
“Where can I go from Your spirit, and where can I flee from Your presence?” “The Lord will accomplish for me; O Lord, Your kindness is forever; do not abandon the work of Your hands!”

“Can a man hide in secret places and I not see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth?”
As for your question, this “medium” you’re talking about – it does not exist for those who fear Him and believe in His direct providence over them (individual providence). There is absolutely no medium!
I showed you with your own eyes how the Holy One, blessed be He, looks down, (think why)
“My help is from the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth … your Guardian will not slumber … the Lord is your Guardian, the Lord is your shade at your right hand!”
“God looked down from heaven upon mankind to see whether there is one who understands, one who seeks God” (Psalms 53)
“The Lord looked down from heaven upon mankind to see whether there is one who understands, one who seeks God” (Psalms 14)
“For the eyes of the Lord roam throughout all the earth”
“The eyes of the Lord, they roam throughout all the earth”
And my favorite verse:
“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him” (those who keep His commandments and fear Him), “to all who call upon Him in truth” (serve Him with complete faith).
“He fulfills the desire of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them!”
So you see, there is no medium; He is right within them, as it is written: “The lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the chambers of the belly.”
“The Lord guards all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy!”

Choose, my brother, choose – if you choose correctly, you will not find the medium!
If you still haven’t “thought” about why God looks down, then know that He loves the righteous who fear Him and protects them, and the Torah speaks in human language! “Looks down” – with Him there is no medium; the medium is transparent to His eyes!
Therefore, as Mesillat Yesharim wrote, “In all your ways know Him, and He will make your paths straight” – examine whether what you do, in each and every thing, and in every action – walking, thinking, speaking, eating, seeing – is according to His will or not. If not – don’t do it! Good luck.
A person should see the Holy One, blessed be He, as his “light.” You can’t walk in darkness, right? So the Holy One, blessed be He, and the Torah are our light!
That is why He gave us the Torah; the Torah is our guide to His will. So everything connects: we, He, the Torah, and His will – it is a very strong bond.

It seems to me that Erez was addressing the Rabbi, not you, Moshe.

Erez, I do not know what is required of us or where we would learn it from. We have nothing but our common sense. That is true in matters of faith just as in any other area. When reason says something, you cannot run away and say that one should act not according to reason but in some other way (there is no other way).

But Rabbi, each person has his own intellect, different from his fellow’s. It follows that in a given situation each person will act differently, whereas in my opinion there is a course of action that is the most correct if one examines it with a superior intellect (= brilliant).
And do you agree with what I wrote in the previous comment?