Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, concludes the Ten Days of Awe and falls nine days after Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and millions of Jews around the world will ...
Whoever you are, whatever your year has been, the community proclaims: Anu matirin lehitpallel im ha-avaryanim. Tonight, we permit ourselves to pray together. Next Wednesday evening, Jews across the ...
What exactly is Kol Nidre and what gives it its unique power? This is actually a very puzzling question because if you look at Kol Nidre itself, you will see, first of all, it's not even a prayer.
Kol Nidre is the most haunting prayer in the Jewish liturgy. I would gauge that more Jews attend synagogue at this moment than at any other time in the year. (You’ve already missed it if you wanted to ...
After a lapse of forty years, during which “Kol Nidre” has not been sung in the reform Temple Beth Israel here due to theological differences, the ancient Hebrew chant is to be revived Yom Kippur Eve, ...
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, concludes the Ten Days of Awe and falls nine days after Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and millions of Jews around the world will ...