Posts Tagged: What is Yom Kippur
Reflecting on Yom Kippur: ‘Who Am I’?
One of the most fundamental questions we need to ask ourselves on Yom Kippur -- and, indeed, answer -- is: “Who am I”? The trouble is,...
A Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2023
As Yom Kippur approaches on Sunday night, here are some important facts about the holiday. 1. Soul searching. Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day...
Is Jewish Division the Real Threat on Yom Kippur This Year?
In the second phase of Moses’s final speech to the Children of Israel, he returns to poetry. A poem is easy to learn, at least...
A Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed
Here are 10 facts about the upcoming holiday of Yom Kippur: 1. Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei,...
Yom Kippur: How to Finally Reach Your Goals This Year
One of the best chess players of all time was the son of a German chazzan, a man called Emmanuel Lasker (1868-1941). He was world chess champion...
Yom Kippur: The Zionist Holiday You Never Knew
A better understanding of the central, unifying themes of each of the Jewish holidays and their unique, separate liturgies can be like throwing open the...
A Day Like No Other
The Torah says of Yom Kippur, “For this day will atone for you, to cleanse you of your sins and you will be purified before...
Guide for the Perplexed — Yom Kippur
1. Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei (September 28, 2020), whose astrological sign is Libra, which symbolizes...
Yom Kippur and Our Inescapable Relationship With God
Every year, for one full 25-hour day, Jews across the world reflect and pray. That day is called Yom Kippur. On Yom Kippur, one’s fate for...
We Should Be Grateful for Yom Kippur
In older times, no hours were more extraordinary than those just before the onset of Yom Kippur. These were times of intense religious upheaval in the human...
