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October 3, 2019

The Benefits of Fasting

The prohibition against eating and drinking is the most salient aspect of Yom Kippur. I would like to share with you the benefits of fasting.

We Are All Yonah

The dramatic story of Yonah being swallowed by a whale exhibits classic teshuva themes. An entire metropolis of Ninveh, condemned to death, ultimately rallies, repents

‘Why Do You Sleep?’

Yom Kippur Tefillat Mincha, the Mincha service on Yom Kippur, revolves around the reading of Sefer Yonah. I do not mean to suggest that the

Tarshish

Tarshish. Where is it? Chapter 1, Pasuk 3, of Sefer Yonah names Tarshish as the place Yonah sought to flee. Clearly there must be some

Yom Kippur: True Confessions

Yaakov approached his father the night before his wedding to talk. “What’s on your mind, Yaakov?” his father asked. “I am getting married tomorrow,” he

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