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High Holiday Essentials

The Laws of Yom Kippur

By Mendel Kaplan

The five prohibitions on Yom Kippur, the way we dress and many other customs of Yom Kippur.

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Posted: Sep 1, 2009

Not PC.

Rabbi around 31 minutes you said, "severly retarded." Not what we're using these days.

Posted By David Williams, Carlsbad, CA
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Posted: Sep 1, 2009

My Appologies!

Thanks for pointing that out, my misstep... I do indeed stand corrected.

Posted By Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, Thornhill, Ontario

Posted: Sep 26, 2009

Yom Kippur

The subject that you have presented for Yom Kippur was very helpful in understanding the proper way to observe the Holiday... however I know that we are not to eat or drink as stated, neither bath or wash oneself, but what about brushing of the teeth, because although we're not swallowing the water,, but merely swishing it around in our mouths, is it permissible fo brush our teeth?

Posted By Judy, Philadelphia, PA

Posted: Sep 27, 2009

Yom Kippur

Thank you for your kind words, glad to be of help... Although the Biblical prohibition specifically forbids consumption, the accepted Halachik practice is not to put anything into one's mouth. As such one should obviously not brush their teeth on Yom Kippur.

Posted By Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, Thornhill, Ontar
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Posted: Sep 27, 2009

Yom Kippur

Thank you Rabbi Mendel Kaplan for that clarification of brushing ones teeth on Yom Kippur..

Posted By Judy, Philadelphia, PA

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	High Holiday Essentials The Laws of Yom Kippur
The five prohibitions on Yom Kippur, the way we dress and many other customs of Yom Kippur.
Topics: Yom Kippur (133), High Holidays (38)