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Conquering Our Anger
Aug 31, 2015 By Julia Andelman | Short Video | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
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Why Is Yom Kippur Every Year?
Aug 31, 2015 By Burton L. Visotzky | Short Video | Yom Kippur
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The Difference a Day Can Make
Oct 3, 2014 By Burton L. Visotzky | Commentary | Yom Kippur
Wouldn’t it be grand to wipe the slate clean? What if there were a day in the calendar when the slate was simply wiped clean once again? No marks against you. No petty quarrels remembered, no grudges borne, no more grievances for trespasses petty or grievous. What if?
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Expelling Our Own Scapegoats
Oct 3, 2014 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Yom Kippur
This coming Shabbat culminates the period of ‘aseret yemei teshuvah, the 10 days of repentance, as we commemorate Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
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On This Very Day
Sep 26, 2014 By Joel Alter | Commentary | Ha'azinu | Shabbat Shuvah | Yom Kippur
It’s difficult to overstate the pathos of Moshe’s last days. This man (and he is most assuredly a man, not a god, not a saint), who never wanted to be a leader—and after his first, impulsive attempt at leading was met with contempt from those he tried to save and condemnation from Pharaoh, his adoptive father (Exod. 2:11–15)—carried the burdens of prophetic leadership with fierce loyalty to both of his masters, God and the people.
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God Of Mercy, God Of Justice
Sep 9, 2014 By Daniel Nevins | Short Video | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
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The Origins Of Avinu Malkenu
Sep 9, 2014 By Judith Hauptman | Short Video | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
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Approaching The King
Sep 9, 2014 By Nancy Abramson | Short Video | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
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The Artist As Teacher
Sep 9, 2014 By David C. Kraemer | Short Video | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
Explore the Esslingen Mahzor
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The Power of Words
Jul 18, 2014 By Eliezer B. Diamond | Commentary | Mattot | Yom Kippur
Are words important? This is a question that bedevils us as human beings.
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Taking What Isn’t Ours
Sep 11, 2013 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Yom Kippur
It’s not literally a skeleton in my closet, but I was still upset to find it hanging there.
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Ne‘ilah: Final Closing, or Not Quite?
Sep 11, 2013 By Samuel Barth | Commentary | Yom Kippur
“P’tach lanu sha’ar” (Keep open the gate for us) are the words of a fragment of a piyyut attributed to Elazar Kallir (6th century, Land of Israel) [see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Mahzor Lev Shalem, 414].
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The Discipline of Atonement
Sep 11, 2013 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Yom Kippur
This coming Shabbat culminates the period of aseret yamei teshuvah, the ten days of repentance, as we commemorate Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
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Finding God and Ourselves Anew
Sep 3, 2013 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Ha'azinu | Shabbat Shuvah | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
During the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we devote ourselves to the process of repentance, attempting to tip the balance in our favor as we approach the Day of Atonement.
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