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Rav Ovadia’s Revolution“Like Coca-Cola, l’havdil”: A video documentary on the idiosyncratic, infuriating genius of the Baghdadi gaon and the transformation of Sephardic Jewry in Israel.
Happy Yom Kippur to You?Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Shlomo M. Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
"Happy" is certainly not the first word that comes to mind for most of us when we describe our Yom Kippur experience. After all, the Torah commands us to afflict ourselves on this day (Leviticus 23:26-31).
Teshuvah: Progress or Return?Monday, September 24, 2012 by Jonathan Ziring | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
While in theory the blowing of the High Holiday shofar should be enough to “awaken us from our slumber” and move us to repentance, in practice most people need to look to other sources to enable them to rethink the way they live or their understanding of repentance itself.
Monday, September 24, 2012 by Cnaan Liphshiz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Every Rosh Hashanah, thousands of Hasidim make a pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav in Uman, Ukraine—and many end up in the hospital.Liturgy of Leadership
Monday, September 24, 2012 by Mishael Zion | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While only the cantor for Mussaf on the High Holidays recites Hineni, declaring his unworthiness to represent the congregation before God, the prayer contains lessons for all leaders.Rewriting Scripture
Monday, September 24, 2012 by Molly Zahn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Fifty years ago, the prevailing wisdom held that the Dead Sea Scrolls pointed to a lone scribe rewriting the Bible for his own time; but recent scholarship is rewriting the theory.Yom Kippur in Pictures
Thanks to the Library of Congress, we know what Yom Kippur looked like at the Kotel in 1904—and what it didn’t look like on a battlefield outside Metz during the Franco-Prussian War.