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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur Info
19 Yom Kippur Facts Every Jew Should Know
Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement, when we are closest to G‑d and most connected to the essence of our souls.
Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement, when we are closest to G‑d and most connected to the essence of our souls.
Why Do We Wear a White Kittel on Yom Kippur?
There is a custom to wear white clothing, or more specifically, a white robe-like garment called a kittel, on Yom Kippur.
There is a custom to wear white clothing, or more specifically, a white robe-like garment called a kittel, on Yom Kippur.
How to Celebrate Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to G‑d and to the essence of our souls.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to G‑d and to the essence of our souls.
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The Rebbe’s Yizkor Speech
The unity of all Jews derives from the fact that every Jewish soul is “an actual part of G-d Above.” This not limited to Jews who are alive, but includes those who have passed on, as well.
The unity of all Jews derives from the fact that every Jewish soul is “an actual part of G-d Above.” This not limited to Jews who are alive, but includes those who have passed on, as well.
The Day Is Almost Over, and You Still Haven’t Repented!
Why read about the Jewish people’s enemy on Yom Kippur; a day that represents the intimate bond between the Jewish soul and G-d?
Why read about the Jewish people’s enemy on Yom Kippur; a day that represents the intimate bond between the Jewish soul and G-d?
A Traditional Chassidic Yom Kippur Tune With a Folksy Twist
The words of the nigun Ki Hinei Kachomer are from the Yom Kippur evening prayers: “As metal in the hands of the craftsman, so too we are in Your hands.”
The words of the nigun Ki Hinei Kachomer are from the Yom Kippur evening prayers: “As metal in the hands of the craftsman, so too we are in Your hands.”
Yom Kippur Reading
The Miraculous Sound of Disappearing Sin
We were just confirmed "sinless" moments prior. So, why do we now recite the blessing of Selach lanu, wherein we ask G‑d to "forgive us for we have sinned""?
We were just confirmed "sinless" moments prior. So, why do we now recite the blessing of Selach lanu, wherein we ask G‑d to "forgive us for we have sinned""?
Yom Kippur Without Guilt
How about someone who abandoned a religious lifestyle because she was abused by the authority figures of that system?
How about someone who abandoned a religious lifestyle because she was abused by the authority figures of that system?
Story
The Missing Wagons
Overcome by grief, the poor man barely managed to process the news before he passed out . . .
Overcome by grief, the poor man barely managed to process the news before he passed out . . .
The Yom Kippur Drunk
The scandalized crowd was about to eject the man from the synagogue, when the Rebbe turned from the wall and said: "Let him be. For us, Yom Kippur is just beginning, but for him, it's already Simchat Torah."
The scandalized crowd was about to eject the man from the synagogue, when the Rebbe turned from the wall and said: "Let him be. For us, Yom Kippur is just beginning, but for him, it's already Simchat Torah."
Women
This Is What a Panic Attack Looks Like
I’m falling, paralyzed by fear. Next thing I know, I wake up but I’m still falling—falling without a parachute.
I’m falling, paralyzed by fear. Next thing I know, I wake up but I’m still falling—falling without a parachute.
Lifestyle
A Warm New Home for Jews in Sudbury, Outside Boston
A growing community in the far suburbs, right next to a nature preserve.
A growing community in the far suburbs, right next to a nature preserve.
Beware... lest you eat and be sated, and build good houses and dwell therein, and your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold increase, and all that you have increases, and your heart grows haughty... and you will say to yourself: "It is my own power and the might of my hand that has accumulated this wealth for me"
— Deuteronomy 8:11-17
Print Magazine
Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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