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Yom Kippur
Tonight and tomorrow Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. I wish you all a G’mar Chatima Tova – may you be sealed in the Book of Life.
Blogging will resume some time after Yom Kippur ends, tomorrow evening Israel time.
Acco Riots and The Phony Right Not to be Offended
Dave hasn’t had the chance to post much about the Acco riots and the post I wrote yesterday about what happens on Yom Kippur, even in non religious neighborhoods was not meant to be about the riots. I had that post in my mind long before I knew what happened in Acco.
However, for 5 days [...]
To Drive or Not to Drive, That Is The Question
Maybe it isn’t so clear to Jews or others outside of Israel what happens on Yom Kippur in Israel. Cars stop for the day. They just stop. It looks like a post apocalypse movie where the oil ran out one night and all we have left are bicycles and roller blades.
As far as I can [...]
Yom Kippur
As we head in to this Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, I wish you all a G’mar Chatima Tova – may you be sealed in the Book of Life.
Blogging will resume some time after Yom Kippur ends, tomorrow evening Israel time.
True to Form
The Jerusalem Post reports on a test drug that could be the answer to preventing Yom Kippur headaches
Based on the verse in the Book of Leviticus that “You shall afflict your souls,” many people believe that Yom Kippur is a day of suffering. But the rabbis disagree, saying you’re not meant to suffer, but rather [...]
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