Yom Kippur
Rabbi Michael Zedek. (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Michael Zedek)
September 23, 2024, 3:38 pm
Rodef Shalom guest lecturer encourages attention to everyday burning bush moments
Days of Awe and ordinary days can both be awesome, says Rabbi Michael Zedek
By Adam Reinherz
Tel Aviv, Israel ((אלכסיי בוגוסלבסקי) Alexey Bogoslavsky, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
September 28, 2023, 8:26 pm
The state of our brokenness
ver the last year, something elemental has been desecrated in our shared Israeliness, and Yom Kippur has forced us to face ourselves.
By Yossi Klein Halevi
"On the Eve of Yom Kippur" (Jakub Weinles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 20, 2023, 3:29 pm
My non-Jewish husband doesn’t fast for Yom Kippur
We spend the day in shul together anyway.
By Emily Tamkin
After wrongdoing, what's needed to forgive? Photo via iStock
September 18, 2023, 8:01 pm
Pittsburgh’s spiritual leaders question how and who to forgive
High holiday liturgy says God forgives. Can we?
By Adam Reinherz
Cauliflower lettuce wraps (Photo by Keri White)
September 28, 2022, 12:48 pm
Plant-based dishes for the break-fast buffet
Cauliflower lettuce wraps and spicy Thai quinoa salad
By Keri White
it’s OK not to fast if your life depends on it. (Photo by Markus Spiske via Pexels)
September 28, 2022, 12:16 pm
When is it OK not to fast on Yom Kippur?
It’s OK not to fast if your life depends on it — but there are some workable alternatives
By Jarrad Saffren
September 28, 2022, 10:32 am
Chronicle poll results: Fasting on Yom Kippur
We asked our readers if they were planning to fast on Yom Kippur. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Photo by Andri Tirta via iStock
September 15, 2021, 12:04 pm
Pre-Yom Kippur menu planners play it safe — or somewhat spicy
Pittsburghers dip into tempeh, steak and tasty potatoes as fast approaches
By Adam Reinherz
Jews around the world celebrate with Rosh Hashanah with apples and honey while off from work. Photo by Samuel, courtesy of Flickr.com.
September 9, 2021, 12:05 pm
How not to ask for time off on the Jewish holidays
"As Rosh Hashanah teaches us, we’re all in this together.”
By Eli Gottlieb
"On the Eve of Yom Kippur" (Jakub Weinles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 9, 2021, 10:06 am
Kol Nidrei: What it is and where it came from, explained by cantors
The Yom Kippur eve prayer has endured for centuries — but not without controversy.
By Jesse Berman
An airplane circled Melbourne Sunday for locked-down Jews who could not conduct the pre-Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot. (YouTube screenshot via JTA)
October 1, 2020, 5:30 pm
Chickens on a plane: Yom Kippur ritual performed by air for Jews in Melbourne
Kapparot, practiced by some Orthodox Jews, involves swinging a live chicken over one’s head three times and reciting a prayer to transfer sins to the bird.
By Philissa Cramer
(File photo)
September 23, 2020, 2:57 pm
Ha’azinu: Listen to your neighbors and the next generation
Deuteronomy 32:1-52
By Rabbi Aaron Bisno
Zucchini and cheese casserole. Photo by Jessica Grann.
September 23, 2020, 1:43 pm
A make-ahead zucchini casserole to break the fast
Try this zucchini and cheese casserole recipe for your Yom Kippur break fast.
By Jessica Grann
Dionna Dash. Photo by Benjamin Boxer.
September 23, 2020, 12:44 pm
Yom Kippur in recovery
"Fasting is no longer a challenge when you’ve been willingly training for starvation, when being hungry has become your hobby."
By Dionna Dash
Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel has worked with chaplains for more than 30 years. Photo by Eliron Shkeidi
September 22, 2020, 11:26 am
A person cannot be ‘canceled’: Aleph Institute’s Rabbi Vogel on forgiveness
Vogel believes that anyone — inmates included — can do teshuva. So he views “cancel culture” as misguided.
By Kayla Steinberg
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