Tonight s ţ he the 7th day of Sukot- and this day has a special name- Hoshana Raba. (Hoshana means “save us” or “return us.) It’s kind of like a mini-Yom Kipur.
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Hoshana Raba
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Yom Kipur- 5783 (aka, 2022)
The 10th Day of Tishrei. That’s tonight’s (and tomorrow’s) Hebrew Date. Many of you don’t know that means this is the Holy Day of Yom Kipur. It is considered to be the holiest day of the year.
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ערב יום כפור
The 10th Day of Tishrei. That’s tomorrow’s Hebrew Date, which means it will be Yom Kipur. The end of 40 days of introspection, repentance, and preparing ourselves to be better humans and to make the world a better place- with renewed vigor.
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Rosh Hashana- and something else
In two days, the month of Elul will end. As I wrote on the first day, when the period of self-assessment begins, we are 30 days into the 40 day period of determining how we can make our lives- and the lives of others- better. (You can also search for Elul in the index to the left and see more of my thoughts on this “resolution-making” period.)
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Shabat Shabaton
Asara B’Tishrei. The 10th Day of Tishrei. That’s tonight’s (and tomorrow’s) Hebrew Date. But, you probably are more familiar with the traditional name of the holy day- Yom Kipur. Yom Kipur marks the end of 40 days of introspection, repentance, and preparation; rearranging our lives so we can be better humans, that we can make this world a better place- with renewed vigor.
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Lessons from Jonah.
Welcome to 5777. That’s the year, according to Jewish Tradition. We’ve just finished Sukot, one of the 3 Festivals delineated in the Tora (the others are Pesach [Passover] and Shvuot [Pentecost]), a time of joy and celebration. The past two holidays of this month were called Yamim Noraim, Days of Awe (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur)- in other words, they were holy days and not holidays.
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10th of Tishrei
The 10th Day of Tishrei. No, not today- that’s tomorrow’s date. And, you say- so what?
Maybe if I said it was Yom Kipur tomorrow, you’d understand the significance. Because that is exactly what tomorrow is. The end of 40 days of introspection, repentance, and preparing ourselves to be better humans and to make the world a better place- with renewed vigor.
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A very special Saturday. A most auspicious Sabbath.
Tomorrow is the day. The end of 40 days of introspection, repentance, and preparing ourselves to be better humans and to make the world a better place- with renewed vigor.
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