Atonement means to put things right. That day is about people putting things right with God through prayers and sacrifice. Yom Kippur is a day to reflect on the past year and ask God's forgiveness ...

Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the huts the Israelites lived in during their exodus from Egypt, which Jews today build to and dwell in to commemorate this time. Sukkot is ...

(JTA) — Part of a blood-stained prayer shawl from a 1940 Yom Kippur pogrom was found in the former ghetto of Lodz, Poland and brought to Israel, its finder said. The part of the shawl ...

(Mass Appeal) - We're in the throes of the Jewish High Holiday season with Rosh Hashannah happening last week and Yom Kippur beginning this Friday evening. Rabbi Yakov Wolff, Outreach Director at ...

If you realize on Yom Kippur morning that you want the traditional ... Those who register in advance will get a special prayer book compiled for the service, but it will also be streamed on ...

During the year, the Rosh Hashanah-Yom Kippur machzor stays on the shelf, so opening it after 12 months is a surprisingly ...

For several years now, in the days leading up to Yom Kippur, a subtle debate has been taking place in my religious social ...