First of all, what the heck am I forgiving you for? Something you may have done inadvertently against me? Forgiveness requires repentance, so how can you sincerely repent over something you...
Tag - Yom Kippur
A Rabbi’s Plea: Wave Money not Chickens
Sadly, today’s travesty of kapores transgresses major torah prohibitions and needs to be changed. When one participates in the custom of kaparos today one is actually committing the following...
Macklemore Summons the Jews to the VMA with a Shofar?
The video above, a promo for MTV’s Video Music Awards, clearly shows Macklemore using a Shofar to summon people. Is this a nod to the upcoming Jewish High Holidays? A subtle homage to Sumner...
Days of Awesome: A Divine High Holiday Experience in LA
For the fifth year in a row we are co-sponsoring the most user-friendly, explanatory and inspiring services for young adults in Los Angeles, and maybe he world. Come as you are. Some Highlights...
I’m Not Sorry
I had a very interesting and meaningful Yom Kippur, thanks to the wonderful Chabad of Raleigh (special thanks to Rabbi Herman & his amazing wife). I was nervous about spending YK alone, but felt...
#AlChet – Tweeting Sins During Yom Kippur
There were several unique Yom Kippur services this week. In South Florida, a longtime estranged father-daughter duo led services; he is a 65-year old rabbinical student, and she is a freelance...
Yom Kippur 2012 Viral Videos
We have Jewish parody and viral videos for every holiday so why should Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, be any different? Granted this is meant to be a time of reflection and a time of communal...
Kapparot: Wave Money not Chickens
I don’t use chickens. After witnessing years of chickens wallowing in their own feces in small cages waiting to be schechted for the ritual of Kapparot before Yom Kippur, I gave up on this...