Yom Kippur: God Will Understand. But you still have to do Teshuvah.
If I broke Shabbos to be with my mom, of course God would understand. But teshuvah is still the only way forward.
Category Archives: Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur – “Is Confession Jewish?” Mistranslating Viduy — By Ben
Teshuva! Teshuvah! Teshuvah! Is there anything more trumpeted during the high holidays? (Other than the shofar of course.) With Yom Kippur imminent, our leaders implore us to perform this holy […]
Yom Kippur – Teshuvah Isn’t Just about You — By Ben
With the Day of Atonement upon us, many are scrambling to complete a spiritual accounting to get that cleanest of clean slates. But in the midst of all the Yom […]
Yom Kippur – That’s Not How You Do Teshuvah — By Ben
Perhaps you’re familiar with the above sentiment. Out of nowhere you get a call/text/Facebook status update asking for forgiveness for anything your friend/acquaintance/relative might have done to you in the […]
Yom Kippur – The Maybe Mindset — By Ben
Yom Kippur is upon us once again. A looooooooong day of fasting, fretting, apologizing… we all know the drill by now. But in all seriousness, Yom Kippur is a tremendously […]
Why We Really Fast on Yom Kippur – By Ben
As we approach Yom Kippur tomorrow night, I wanted to relate an extraordinary teaching given by the Rosh Yeshiva of Shapell’s Darche Noam. It was a comprehensive lesson that I’m […]
Lessons from Yom Kippur
With the craziness of the holidays (aka chagim), very often things on the Jewish schedule come to a halt. Classes are put on hiatus, work is nearly impossible to accomplish, […]
The Yom Kippur Blog Post — By Ben
Yom Kippur. The day of atonement. The day where the Jews get all their sins wiped away. All you have to do is two things: suffer fasting for 25 hours […]
Ugh. Not High Holidays services again. — By Ben
The vast majority of Jews in America don’t attend prayer services (aka davening) very often. But there are two days that if anyone has any shred of religious connection will […]
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