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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.
Kittel: The White Yom Kippur Robe
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.
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.
One who locks the doors of his courtyard and feasts and drinks with his children and wife on the festivals, but does not feed the poor and the embittered -- this is not the joy of mitzvah but the joy of his stomach
— Maimonides
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