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Vayelech/Yom Kippur
By the Numbers
9 Yom Kippur Myths and Misconceptions
Here’s your chance to rethink some things that “everyone knows” about the holy day.
Here’s your chance to rethink some things that “everyone knows” about the holy day.
12 Questions: Take the Yom Kippur Quiz
See how familiar you are with the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar…
See how familiar you are with the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar…
Your Questions
Why Beg for Honey Cake Before Yom Kippur?
It is customary to ask for and receive "lekach" (sweet cake -- signifying a sweet year) from someone (usually one's mentor or parent) on the day before Yom Kippur.
It is customary to ask for and receive "lekach" (sweet cake -- signifying a sweet year) from someone (usually one's mentor or parent) on the day before Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur 2026 FAQ
Yom Kippur, “the day of atonement,” is a Jewish fast, held on the day Moses achieved complete forgiveness for the People of Israel after the Sin of the Golden Calf.
Yom Kippur, “the day of atonement,” is a Jewish fast, held on the day Moses achieved complete forgiveness for the People of Israel after the Sin of the Golden Calf.
Essay
A Yom Kippur Love Story
How to listen to the voice of your own heart—advice from a meditation of the Alter Rebbe.
How to listen to the voice of your own heart—advice from a meditation of the Alter Rebbe.
5 Ways to Channel Negative Energy
Why do negative emotions generate so much more energy than positive ones?
Why do negative emotions generate so much more energy than positive ones?
Video
What Is Hakhel?
Every seven years, on the holiday of Sukkot, every single Jew would gather in Jerusalem and listen to the king read from the Torah. Why was this so special and how is it relevant today?
Every seven years, on the holiday of Sukkot, every single Jew would gather in Jerusalem and listen to the king read from the Torah. Why was this so special and how is it relevant today?
Are Near Death Experiences Real?
Nomi Freeman has been studying Near Death Experiences (NDEs) for more than a decade and has interviewed countless individuals about their personal experience.
Nomi Freeman has been studying Near Death Experiences (NDEs) for more than a decade and has interviewed countless individuals about their personal experience.
Individual Teshuvah, With the Community
Teshuva requires that a person make an honest assessment of his spiritual standing. To do this, it would seem ideal to isolate oneself from all distractions, to focus on one’s past deeds. Why do we see, that on Yom Kippur – the main day for Teshuvah of the whole year – we spend the entire day in a public place, in synagogue, together with so many others?
Teshuva requires that a person make an honest assessment of his spiritual standing. To do this, it would seem ideal to isolate oneself from all distractions, to focus on one’s past deeds. Why do we see, that on Yom Kippur – the main day for Teshuvah of the whole year – we spend the entire day in a public place, in synagogue, together with so many others?
How to Paint a Tzedakah Box
Watch an art video showing how to make a beautiful painting of a Tzedakah pushke (charity box).
Watch an art video showing how to make a beautiful painting of a Tzedakah pushke (charity box).
Parshah
The Sweet Song of the Sparks
How the harsh exile depicted in Moses’ speech is indeed a “song”—because there’s so much joy in it.
How the harsh exile depicted in Moses’ speech is indeed a “song”—because there’s so much joy in it.
Conviction or Compromise?
By standing firmly by our principles and convictions we can move forward in life.
By standing firmly by our principles and convictions we can move forward in life.
Voices
The Mean Voice Inside Me
Eventually, I grew tired of playing the martyr and blaming Him. I started to wonder if the pain I blamed on heaven was coming from within.
Eventually, I grew tired of playing the martyr and blaming Him. I started to wonder if the pain I blamed on heaven was coming from within.
A Blessing, a Miracle and a Farewell
A congregational rabbi shares three remarkable tales, each one demonstrating the miracles embedded within us.
A congregational rabbi shares three remarkable tales, each one demonstrating the miracles embedded within us.
Finding the Forgiveness That Had Been So Hard for Me
Recently I realized that my problem was my understanding of what forgiveness is. In my mind, it was conflated with absolution or pardon.
Recently I realized that my problem was my understanding of what forgiveness is. In my mind, it was conflated with absolution or pardon.
"For they are My servants, whom I took out of the land of Egypt; they cannot be sold into slavery" (Leviticus 25:42). At the time of the Exodus, G-d made freedom the inherent and eternal state of the Jew; From that point on, no power or force on earth can subvert our intrinsic freedom...
— Maharal (Rabbi Judah Lowe of Prague)
Print Magazine
On Rosh Hashanah all things return to their origin.
Your soul, too, returns to its origin.
And from there you can start to rebuild your entire being.
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