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Audio: Rabbi Sharon Brous On the Days of Awe
The High Holidays are literally just around the corner and if you’re anything like me then you’re probably scurrying around trying to get yourself psychologically and spiritually ready for the days ahead. Speaking for myself I have great difficulty connecting to the high holidays or rather anything where the focus is on group/communal prayer. I [...]
Yom Kippur - A New Page in the Jewish Living Section of the JBC.org Site
For your reading enjoyment, here is the page for Yom Kippur, which you can also get to under Jewish Living, Holidays above. Enjoy!
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, falls ten days after Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year), and it is the culmination of the Yamim Nora’im, the Days of Awe. The injunction to observe [...]
Rosh Hashana - A New Addition to the Holiday Pages at JBC.org
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, falls on the first and second of the month of Tishrei, which typically corresponds to September or early October on the secular calendar. The command to observe Rosh Hashana can be found in Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:23-25 (JPS translation):
The LORD spoke to Moses saying: Speak to the Israelite people [...]
