yom kippur

Yom Kippur not only requires emotional preparation, but physical as well.

Your Yom Kippur questions answered

Key vocabulary for the Jewish Day of Atonement.

What's the best way to approach my boss?

4 reasons we read this text on the Day of Atonement

You don't have to fast in order to atone.

The Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur emphasizes themes of return and repentance.

The Haftarah selection comes from Hosea 14:2-10 and Micah 7:18-20. Ashkenazic communities add Joel 2:15-27.

Solomon Hays and his family were excommunicated from Shearith Israel in New York City due to causing a disturbance over a simple window.

The concluding service of Yom Kippur.