Yom Kippur

The power of ritual is that it does not speak in abstractions – reason versus emotion, instinctual deferral rather than gratification

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Yom Kippur the holiest day on the Jewish calendar places great emphasis on Temple service and the spotlight zeros in on the High Priest as he dons a special wardrobe and enters the Inner Sanctum in a cloud of smoke. Gain valuable insight into this phenome...

Our Parshah begins by mentioning the death of Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aaron. Their death is something of a mystery, for while they seemed to have been punished for their faults (no less than 14 different "sins" and shortcomings are enumerated by the ...

On Yom Kippur we embrace. Our harmony is no longer a harmony of "should", but a harmony of "is". All is forgiven. At onement

The Torah describes Yom Kippur as achat bashanah, "once a year" -- a phrase which also translates as "the one of the year". The Chassidic masters explain: this is the annual point in time in which true oneness breaks the surface multiplicity and separaten...

The most sacred—and mysterious—ritual in the Holy Temple was the burning of the ketoret, a specially prepared incense whose ingredients and manner of preparation were commanded to Moses at Sinai. The offering of the ketoret in the “Holy of Holies” by the ...

Yom Kippur is the day that our animal, emotional, intellectual and spiritual selves are linked to form a harmonious one

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