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Yom Kippur Fasting Guide and commentary, 2007


Because I see so many hits on it, I’m bumping up this Yom Kippur 2006 WLST post because it includes fasting guidelines from my Conservative synagogue’s rabbi.

The fast that begins at sundown tomorrow segues into Kol Nidre, the service that begins the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement. Tonight, my oldest son and my husband will join several other synagogue members and turn all the Torahs to a certain section, in preparation for the processional of all the Torahs to the front of the sanctuary.

Me. I’ve got my menu planned and my timeline for cooking and chores (for tonight and tomorrow) outlined. In some ways, I’m glad the holy day is on the weekend, it makes it a little easier somehow. However, because it falls on Shabbat, the fast could be a bit longer – extra passages are added into the services to accommodate the Sabbath.

This holy day is solemn, even as members greet one another with kisses on the cheek and oohs and ahs of how nice we all look. Because inside our minds, many of us are thinking about far more serious topics. As we should be.

For those readers who’ll be observing the holiday, may you have an easy fast and be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:36 pm September 20th, 2007 in Jewish, Judaism 

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