Chatima Tova!
No food and no drink for 25 consecutive hours, starting today at about 6p. This is the most important day in the Jewish calendar and this rule of the Jewish tradition is for sure one of the only concrete ones I follow.
Every year there's somebody who asks me what is this fast for and why do an absolutely non-orthodox Jew as myself should respect it. Here's my answer:
"The fast is not to cause pain, but for us not to forget that reason must be stronger than impulses."
-- Albert Einstein Hospital's Rabbi, 2003.
Shana Tova! Happy 5765!
(In next year's Yom Kippur I hope for some things to be different from the preceding three ones.)
Every year there's somebody who asks me what is this fast for and why do an absolutely non-orthodox Jew as myself should respect it. Here's my answer:
"The fast is not to cause pain, but for us not to forget that reason must be stronger than impulses."
-- Albert Einstein Hospital's Rabbi, 2003.
Shana Tova! Happy 5765!
(In next year's Yom Kippur I hope for some things to be different from the preceding three ones.)
posted by Du!! @ 1:59 PM
the devil is in the details
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