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.
Tomorrow is Yom Kipur. And, while another name for this holiday is the Sabbath of Sabbaths, tomorrow it really is on the Sabbath.
Yom Kipur is the ONLY holiday that can trump the Sabbath. We normally rest and enjoy our foods and share out tables on Shabat. But, when and if Yom Kipur falls on Shabat, then we don’t eat. We fast- that means not a drop of water or food passes our lips- from sundown until 45 minutes after sunset. 25 hours,give or take.
Yom Kipur is the 10th day of the 10 days of T’shuva. Too often in English, this period is translated as the 10 Days of Repentance. Of course, that is one potential translation of the word.
But a more appropriate choice would be a return. A return to our intimate conversations and relationship with Hashem, the Supreme Being. That return makes it possible for us to truly the see the good in everyone (yes, sometimes that is very hard); after all, we are all children of Hashem. It makes it possible for us to try that little bit harder to make this world a better place.
(Yom Kipur is also known as the “Day of Atonement”, which can also be considered the “Day of At One Ment”…)
No matter what your religion, may you find that return, that intimate conversation and relationship with the Supreme Being.
Given the state of the world today, we all could use that counsel and see our way to making the state of the world better for all of us.
G’mar Chatima Tova… May you be sealed in the book of health, happiness, and prosperity.
Thank you for sharing this with us that might not understand. Through understanding there is hope.
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Thanks, Chef William. Glad I was able to help improve understanding!
Have an easy fast and a belated Shana Tovah… The only downside [for me] when Yom Kippur is on Shabbat is I miss hearing the shofar.
And when my son was young, the day school kids hated when the holidays were on weekends as they did not get to miss school 🙂
– but the parents loved it…
Lynn
Thanks, Lynn- and the same wishes to you….
(I recall a prof wanting to know why I always did so much worse in the first weeks of Fall semester than I did the rest of the year. When I brought it to his attention [yes, he was clueless] that I missed some 9 days of 25 during the first weeks, he never said another word to me again…)