SHABBAT READING
Jonah Leaves Us with Questions, So on Yom Kippur We End with Micah: Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler, The Torah.com, Oct. 8, 2024 — The book of Jonah is a remarkable four-scene[1] story that is both absurd and sublime.[2] The tradition of reading Jonah during the afternoon service, for many the centerpiece of the day, goes back, at least, to the Babylonian Talmud:
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Yom Kippur Gives Us an Opportunity to Return to the Shores of Our Lives: Dror Eydar, Israel Hayom, Oct. 11, 2024
Need a Reason to Repent? The Answer—No Matter Who You Are—Can Be Found Here: Helen Plotkin, Tablet, Sept. 3, 2013
At the Threshold of Forgiveness: A Study of Law and Narrative in the Talmud: Moshe Halbertal, Jewish Review of Books, Fall 2011
This Yom Kippur, the ‘Al Chet’ of Denial Hangs Over the Whole World: Abraham Cooper, The Media Line, Oct. 11, 2024
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For Further Reference:
Yom Kippur: Embracing Our Mortality, And Living with Meaning: Menachem Lehrfield, Times of Israel, Oct. 10, 2024 — Western culture works overtime to make us forget one unavoidable truth: we are all going to die. You could do yoga and CrossFit every day, it’s still going to get you. No matter how many green juices you drink or how little gluten or carbs you eat, death is the only thing in life that’s certain!
On Yom Kippur, The Jewish Establishment Should Come Clean: Charles Jacobs, JNS, Oct. 10, 2024 — Israelis have been calling for an accounting from their leaders for the catastrophic intelligence failure on Oct. 7.
The Curious Case of Kol Nidre: Herman Kieval, Commentary, October 1968 –– In our time, the best-known ritual of the High Holy Day services—not only among Jews but among Christians as well—is unquestionably Kol Nidre.
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Guide for the Perplexed, 2024: Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report, Oct. 9, 2024 –– Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei (October 12, 2024), starting on the evening of October 11. Yom Kippur is 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.