Yom Kippur, Holiest Day On Jewish Calendar, Begins

For plenty of people who observe Yom Kippur, the vision of a table full of smoked salmon, bagels, and sweet eggy kugel sustains them through a day of fasting and contemplation. There's only one problem with the break-the-fast feast: Who has the energy

kra The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Yom-Kippur. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah, and the Mishna Berura, unless stated 

10 Responses to “A Yom Kippur Apology to Gwyneth Paltrow and Reform Jews”. Steve Lehrman says: October 3, 2014 at 11:57 AM. I. Hope that Gwyneth paltrow does a complete orthodox conversion she's a good human 

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Ten days of reflection and repentance that began with Rosh Hashanah were ending Friday with the arrival of Yom Kippur at sundown. On the Day of Atonement, observant Jews throughout the Tri-State Area and around the 

A year ago, I joined my synagogue's Yom Kippur service and looked over a prayer they had distributed. Titled “Prayer for the Soldiers of the Israeli Defense Forces,” it called for Israel's opponents to be “struck down”. It thanked