Evergreen

Sanctifying time.

Jewish tradition suggests that discovering blessing is always possible — even in hard moments.

An extra soul.

A different kind of eruv.

Laughter.

A cupful of peeled barley.

Works of pleasure.

Jewish texts portray Yom Kippur as a serious day of repentance and reflection — but not one of sadness.

For the ancient Israelites, the Yom Kippur rituals signified a world in which God brought moral order out of chaos.