We Can Help You Out! The 10 days in between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are known as Asseret Yemei TShuva – the 10 days of repentance. These are observed in a number of ways but generally it is...
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Occupy Genesis: Rewinding the Torah, Repairing the World
(Cross-posted on Huffpost.com) The story of creation begins again this week in synagogues around the world. The Jewish people make a global reset and roll-back our Torah scrolls. Fresh and new, our...
They Tried to Kill Us, We Survived, Let’s Eat
Well not quite yet. First we have to fast. That’s what we do on Yom Kippur. And the Day of Atonement is more of a spiritual experience. There’s no evil Pharaoh, no Haman, no Greek...
Echoes of a Shofar: Yom Kippur Stories
Here are some random Yom Kippur themed stories floating around the interwebs tody: Toldot Yisrael presents the story of six Jewish heroes who defiantly blew the shofar at the Kotel (Western Wall)...
The Idiot’s Guide to Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre. The Day of Atonement. Shabbat Shabbaton. Whatever you want to call it, we’re just hours away from Yom Kippur. Such a holy day but what exactly is this special day? No time to waste...
A Tale of Yom Kippur: With Eyes of Love
Yom Kippur had come around again and I was feeling spent, empty, lost. Religion, my own beliefs of reward and punishment, weighed down on me to the point where I didnt know what to believe in anymore...
What do you use for Kapporos/Kaparot?
Kapparos or Kaparot (Hebrew: כפרות‎, “atonements”) is an ancient Jewish ritual to save oneself from a harsh Heavenly decree by it being effected on another object. Vegetables...
Sex on Yom Kippur
Jesus, what is it with you people?? For those of you who are visiting Jewlicious today from far and wide after searching for Yom Kippur sex on Google and landing on this Yom Kippur Sex post from 2004...