ב"ה
Yom Kippur
Your Questions
Why Do Those With Parents Leave for Yizkor?
Customarily, those whose parents are still living leave the sanctuary for the duration of this short prayer. Why?
Customarily, those whose parents are still living leave the sanctuary for the duration of this short prayer. Why?
How Does Yom Kippur Work?
Only you can fix yourself. What does a particular day of the year have to offer?
Only you can fix yourself. What does a particular day of the year have to offer?
What Is Yom Kippur?
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a 25-hour solemn fast day, during which Jewish people pray, seek forgiveness and a fresh start both with G-d and their fellows.
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a 25-hour solemn fast day, during which Jewish people pray, seek forgiveness and a fresh start both with G-d and their fellows.
Quizzes
Parshah
When G-d Goes Into Hiding
We are here as Jews today, because generations of Jews understood this truth: That the exile is not the absence of G‑d’s love and presence, but merely a concealment of His grace.
We are here as Jews today, because generations of Jews understood this truth: That the exile is not the absence of G‑d’s love and presence, but merely a concealment of His grace.
On Motherhood
20 Moving Entries From Rebbetzin Chana's Diary
A rich and descriptive Yiddish writer, she records many events from the struggle to maintain Judaism in the Soviet Union, and the difficulty she endured during her husband’s arrest and subsequent exile.
A rich and descriptive Yiddish writer, she records many events from the struggle to maintain Judaism in the Soviet Union, and the difficulty she endured during her husband’s arrest and subsequent exile.
G-d, Why Did I Miscarry?
I am in the hospital because the previous night I lost my pregnancy, my potential baby. He is in the hospital for bringing three new babies into the world. How could this happen?
I am in the hospital because the previous night I lost my pregnancy, my potential baby. He is in the hospital for bringing three new babies into the world. How could this happen?
Feature
13 Giant Questions (and a Few Little Answers) for the High Holidays
The High Holidays take us on a journey to the deepest places. Here are some questions to ask along the way.
The High Holidays take us on a journey to the deepest places. Here are some questions to ask along the way.
Story
A Yom Kippur in Hiding
Slowly the shelter came to life. My mother got up and prepared breakfast—a few crackers with some jam we still had left. But neither my two sisters nor my mother touched the food . . .
Slowly the shelter came to life. My mother got up and prepared breakfast—a few crackers with some jam we still had left. But neither my two sisters nor my mother touched the food . . .
Every sin creates a bad angel. But these are always weak and ill-formed
angels, lacking vigor and limbs, for no Jew ever sins with a whole heart.
— Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli
Print Magazine
For a mitzvah is a candle and Torah is light. (Proverbs 6:23)
Every mitzvah shines its particular light into our world. And there will come a time when you will see that light with your eyes.
Except the candles that are lit for Shabbat before sunset. They shine a light you can see right now.
It may seem an ordinary li...
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