Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time…

Jonathan Sacks
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Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgment when, collectively and repeatedly, we confess our sins and pray to be written into God's Book of Life. ✨ Democratised Holiness: What Yom Kippur Teaches Us About Moral Responsibility. www.abc.net.au. October 3, 2014.
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