Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Guide for the Perplexed, 2022: Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report, Sept. 29, 2022 — Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei (October 5, 2022), a Super Sabbath (Shabbat Shabbaton in Hebrew), concluding 10 days of soul-searching and spiritual self-awareness and self-enhancement, which begins on Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish year.
Who By Fire – With Matti Friedman: Call Me Back with Dan Senor — Matti Friedman is one of the most thoughtful writers when it comes to all matters related to Israel, on the broader Middle East. …His newest book is called “Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai.”
No Apologies, Just A Kiss: Joshua Berman, Times of Israel, Sept. 12, 2021
Why Does “Our” God Send Jonah to Save the Assyrians in Nineveh?: Rabbi Steven Bob, TheTorah.com, September 2022
It’s Burning Again, Rokhl Kafressen, Tablet, Sept. 30, 2022
Yom Kippur: The War That Still Haunts Israel: Daniel Gordis, Substack, Oct. 2, 2022
Confessing Sins You Didn’t Commit: Dr. Yitzhaq Feder, TheTorah.com, September 2022 — The few examples of confessions in the Bible use only generic language about sin. In contrast, the post-biblical Yom Kippur liturgical confessions, written as long alphabetical lists, include detailed admissions about specific sins, many of which the petitioner likely never committed.
Yom Kippur in a Nutshell: The Jonathan Sacks Legacy, Family Edition – Yom Kippur is the holy of holies of Jewish time, when we give an account of our lives.
Yom Kippur: Personal and financial purification – opinion: Aaron Katsman, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 1, 2022 — Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest of Jewish holidays. It is the rarest of its kind, a Jewish festival without food.
The Book of Jonah: God’s Didactic Lesson on Repentance: Prof. Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg, TheTorah.com, Oct. 3, 2022 –The theme of repentance permeates the book of Jonah.[1] YHWH is angry with the people of Nineveh due to their sins, and wishes to warn them that they will all be destroyed if they do not change their ways. When they receive this warning, the king puts on sack cloth, declares a fast, and commands his people to repent, in the hope of changing God’s mind.
Yom Kippur: How to Finally Reach Your Goals This Year: Pinni Dunner, Algemeiner, Sept. 30, 2022 — One of the best chess players of all time was the son of a German chazzan, a man called Emmanuel Lasker (1868-1941). He was world chess champion from 1894-1921, a genius whose innovative chess moves are studied to this day.
Ukrainian Jewish Refugees Celebrate the High Holidays In Warsaw Despite Uncertainty of Life Back Home: Mike Wegenheim, JNS, Oct. 3, 2022 — Yiddish music, weaving in and out of Ukrainian songs, was heard emanating from central Warsaw’s Jewish community center on Sunday.
LISTEN: From Training in Post-World War II Germany to Fighting a Desperate Battle against Egypt, an Israeli General Tells His Story: Mosaic Magazine, Oct. 20, 2021 — During his long career in the IDF, Major General Yom Tov Tamir served as a tank officer in the Six-Day War (in which he was wounded), the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War, and the First Lebanon War.
WATCH: The Jewish Metaphysics of Sin: Mosaic Magazine — According to Jewish tradition, Moses ascended Mount Sinai to receive the second set of Tablets—a symbol of God’s reconciliation with the Israelites after they worshipped the golden calf—on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, which is Yom Kippur, a day thus dedicated to atonement and forgiveness. Using this passage as a point of departure, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik analyzed the meaning of sin and repentance in this 1974 lecture, given nearly one year after Syria and Egypt launched a surprise attack on the Jewish state on its most sacred holiday.
