Yom Kippur, the solemn but joyous Day of Atonement, is the spiritual crescendo of a 10-day period known as the Days of Repentance. And with back-to-back services all day long — a temple marathon, coupled with abstention from eating and drinking
Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi David Lau released Halakhic (Jewish legal) guidelines for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which is a day-long fast beginning on Friday at sundown. The rabbi began by warning "a sick person who wants to be stringent on himself
Yom Kippur, the solemn but joyous Day of Atonement, is the spiritual crescendo of a 10-day period known as the Days of Repentance. And with back-to-back services all day long — a temple marathon, coupled with abstention from eating and drinking
Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi David Lau released Halakhic (Jewish legal) guidelines for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which is a day-long fast beginning on Friday at sundown. The rabbi began by warning "a sick person who wants to be stringent on himself
Hundreds of mispallalim returning from the Kosel on motzei Yom Kippur were delayed, the result of a police roadblock that was set in place for Yom Kippur but hadn't been removed in a timely fashion. As a result, the bus