Yom Kippur is here. What to know about the holy Jewish day
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish people may spend the day fasting, attending synagogue or observing the holiday in other ways. It follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
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We non-Jews us should follow the Yom Kippur tradition of asking for forgiveness
This understanding that we needed to repent and reform was not confined to any particular religion: We Americans of all faiths, or no faith, used to proclaim days of repentance as a nation, especially in times of trauma. During the observance of Yom Kippur, our Jewish brothers and sisters remind us of the high duty of admitting, “I am a sinner.”
Yom Kippur. The most important day on the Jewish Calendar, Yom Kippur – or the day of atonement – offers the ...
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What to know about Yom Kippur and how it will be observed in Los AngelesYom Kippur begins at sundown Friday with services in Hollywood, Beverly Hills and other locations in Los Angeles at a time of ...
The holiday ends the 10-day period known as Days of Teshuvah, which is variously translated as repentance, return and change, ...
As Yom Kippur approaches, many Jews are engaging in self-reflection and a process of atonement. One woman shares her story of ...
If Daniel Schloff’s family had been on time to Yom Kippur morning services in 1965, he may have never encountered Sandy ...
Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and ...
To embrace, simultaneously, the unknown alongside the knowable has indeed given us the strength and courage to find hope.
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I was part of the military machine that allowed Israeli Jews to force Palestinians to live in constant fear. I feel a ...
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