7 Tips for Staying Healthy During the Yom Kippur Fast
Yom Kippur not only requires emotional preparation, but physical as well.
Yom Kippur 2017
Yom Kippur begins at sunset on Friday, September 29 and ends at sundown on Saturday, September 30.
This Week's Torah Portion
Bereshit
In this Torah portion, God creates the world. After Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, they are banished from the Garden of Eden. Later Cain kills Abel. God then considers destroying all of Creation.
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For this Laotian Jew, a rice recipe from his Buddhist childhood sustains him through Yom Kippur.
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