SHABBAT READING
Crimson to White: Yom Kippur’s Miraculous Thread: Dr. Rabbi Joshua Kulp, The Torah.com, Sept. 21, 2023 — Leviticus (ch. 16) describes a Yom Kippur ritual, known as the scapegoat, in which a goat is chosen by lottery to bear Israel’s iniquities, and is then sent into the wilderness as a way of atoning for Israel’s sins. The Mishnah describes how a crimson thread was tied onto the horns of the Yom Kippur scapegoat:
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Aim for Yom Kippur, ‘if Not Higher’: Ruth R. Wisse, WSJ, Sept. 21, 2023
The Curious Case of Kol Nidre: Herman Kieval, Commentary Magazine, October 1968
Dateline Zion: Baruch Sterman and Judy Taubes Sterman, Jewish Review of Books, Fall 2023
“This Is the Yom Kippur of”: Philologos, Mosaic Magazine, Sept. 21, 2023
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
WATCH: The Emotional Experience of Erev Yom Kippur: Ohr Publishing – Videos of Rav Soloveitchik, YouTube, Nov. 2022 — From the 1976 Teshuva Drasha. Summarized in expanded edition of “Before Hashem You Shall Be Purified: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on the Days of Awe” (Ohr Publishing, 2022), pages 61-63.
The Ghosts Between Us and God: Menachem Z. Rosensaft, Tablet, Sept. 21, 2023 — The Kotzker Rebbe famously asked, “Where is God?” before answering his own question: “God is wherever you let God in.”
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Guide for the Perplexed, 2023: Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report, Sept. 19, 2023 — Soul searching. Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei(September 25, 2023). It is called the 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.
The Meaning of a Yom Kippur Prayer: Meir Soloveichik, WSJ, Sept. 22, 2022— Sunday, Sept. 25, marks the beginning of one of the most important periods of the Jewish calendar.
Because of Yom Kippur, which takes place starting Sunday, Sept 24th until sundown Mon. Sept. 25th, the Daily Briefing will not be circulated then, but will return on Tues. Sept. 26th.
