Harry Rothenberg reminds us that we have more responsibility than we realize on Yom Kippur. View this video directly on VIMEO
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One of the best-known features of Yom Kippur -- sometimes the only thing people know about this day -- is the fact that we are forbidden to eat and drink. What is the meaning and purpose of these prohibitions on Yom Kippur? An anthropologist visiting a synagogue on Yom Kippur might think that since no one is eating or drinking for an entire 24-hour period, the congregants are all suffering terribly. ...
Read MoreWhatever issues you have, they can't continue, so the Jews have a "General Strike" View this video directly on Vimeo.
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Rabbi Becher's VLOG
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Mixed Emotions of the High Holidays – Yom Kippur 5779
Rabbi Mordechai Becher looks at the High Holidays, which are filled with mixed emotions: Fear and Joy, Happiness and Awe View this video directly on Vimeo.
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The Torah designates the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishrei) as the Sabbath of Sabbaths. It is a day of atonement from sins, a holy day, that we now call Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. In the seventh month on the tenth of the month you shall afflict yourselves and you shall not do any work, neither the native born Jew nor the convert who dwells among you. For ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – What is the purpose of Confession? – Yom Kippur 5778
We confess our sins in various forms ten times during Yom Kippur. What is he purpose of this? View this video directly on Vimeo.
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Question: What is the purpose of fasting on Yom Kippur? AskTheRabbi.org answered: Fasting is a way of ignoring our physical needs and focusing entirely on our spiritual side. This is in marked contrast to how we often act during the rest of the year, when we tend to our physical needs, often neglecting (and sometimes even damaging) our spiritual selves. Recognizing that we have frequently indulged in such behavior, fasting impresses upon us ...
Read MoreHarry Rothenberg advises us to count our blessings before the Day of Atonement View this video directly on VIMEO
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One of the best-known features of Yom Kippur -- sometimes the only thing people know about this day -- is the fact that we are forbidden to eat and drink. What is the meaning and purpose of these prohibitions on Yom Kippur? An anthropologist visiting a synagogue on Yom Kippur might think that since no one is eating or drinking for an entire 24-hour period, the congregants are all suffering terribly. ...
Read MoreThere are interesting lessons to be learned from an unusual aspect of the Yom Kippur prayers. View this video directly on VIMEO
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