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Tzohar Hosts Yom Kippur Prayer for 55,000 Israelis, Including Prisoners
JNS.org – The national-religious rabbinical organization Tzohar is celebrating the 15th year of its Yom Kippur “Praying Together” “Žprogram by “Žhosting more than 55,000 Israelis in 280 sites around...
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1,000-Year-Old Yom Kippur Prayer Book Fragment to be Put Online
A 1,000-year-old Yom Kippur prayer book fragment will be uploaded to the website of the National Library of Israel. Photo: National Library of Israel. JNS.org – A unique fragment of a Yom Kippur prayer...
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Hours Before Yom Kippur, IDF Foils 2nd Attempted Attack on Israeli Troops
The IDF stopped a second attempted attack against Israeli troops in the hours leading to Yom Kippur. Photo: Twitter. A Palestinian woman was shot and injured after attempting to stab an Israeli soldier...
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This Year Building for Sukkot, Next Year in the Rebuilt Jerusalem
Eliana Rudee in the sukkah with her ulpan classmates. Photo: Courtesy Eliana Rudee. JNS.org – This year was my very first Yom Kippur in Israel. The experience was in some ways similar to Yom Kippur in...
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PA Leader Foments Religious War With Israel
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. Photo: UN Photo/Cia Pak. I had the privilege of praying last week at Judaism’s holiest site —...
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Israel Shuts Down Ahead of Yom Kippur
The Israeli flag at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Photo: Hynek Moravec via Wikimedia Commons. Israel began shutting down on Friday ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of...
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Ahead of Yom Kippur, Ultra-Orthodox Jews Cast Out Sins With Chickens and Water
Ultra-Orthodox Jews perform the Kaparot ritual, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Sept. 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. Waving...
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Israeli Police Thwart Arab Terrorism in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur
Thousands pray for forgivness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sep.t 16, 2018. Photo: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90. JNS.org – An attempted stabbing attack was thwarted on...
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Yom Kippur 1967: The Return to the Western Wall
A general view shows thousands of Jewish worshippers attending the priestly blessing on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, September 26, 2018. Photo:...
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Guide for the Perplexed — Yom Kippur
A Yom Kippur painting circa 1900 by Isidor Kaufmann. Photo: Wikipedia. 1. Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei (September 28, 2020), whose astrological sign is Libra,...
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