Sixteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

Hello all, For each of the past 16 years, I have written an annual Yom Kippur greeting. Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar and part of our New Year cycle. The holiday is an opportunity to restart the clock and wipe away the mistakes of the past. However, the Yom Kippur prayers and fasting only serve as a vehicle… Continue reading Sixteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

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Fifteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

Hello all! For each of the past 15 years, I have written an annual Yom Kippur greeting. Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar and part of our New Year cycle. The holiday is an opportunity to restart the clock and wipe away the mistakes of the past. However, the Yom Kippur prayers and fasting only serve as a vehicle… Continue reading Fifteenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

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Twelfth Annual Yom Kippur

Hello all! Every year for the past twelve years I have written an annual Yom Kippur Greeting and sent it to a pretty wide net of people I’ve interacted with over the year. It is more common to write a Rosh Hashanna (New Year’s) greeting, but in many ways a Yom Kippur greeting is more… Continue reading Twelfth Annual Yom Kippur

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Tenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

The Jewish New Year, called Rosh Hashanna, is fast approaching. At this time of year, many Jews write New Year’s greetings to one another – analogous to the cards non-Jews send out around December 25th. Rebecca and I don’t follow the usual custom. Instead, we send out an annual Yom Kippur greeting. Yom Kippur is… Continue reading Tenth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

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Ninth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

There is a very famous story in the Talmud. In it, an accidently invited guest shows up a party. The host hates the guest – and embarrasses him and forces him to leave. The assembled people, including the great rabbis of the city, fail to lift a finger to help the embarrased visitor. The guest… Continue reading Ninth Annual Yom Kippur Greeting

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Sixth Yom Kippur Greeting

Absolute silence. Absolute darkness. In this room, the senses search for information, but find almost none. They are satisfied solely by a lonely smell of old wood which wafts through the air. In the distance, quietly at first, the smell of wood gains a companion. Footsteps can be heard, growing louder as they draw nearer.… Continue reading Sixth Yom Kippur Greeting

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