As he visits America, on the day when Jews celebrate the need to artone for OUR, that is the Jews’, errors, Pope Francis must be accused of celebrating one of HIS, that is the Church’s, worst atrocities .. the enslavement, ethnic genocide and deaths of California’s indigenous[...]
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September 22nd, 2015 - 12:07 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 77: A plea to my sibs on Yom Kippur …”there may be no one left to tell their story.”
Imagine what this eve of Yom Kippur must have felt like in Buchenwald The vow taken that night … whether sung in the original Aramaic or translated into any of the languages spoken in the camp … is called “Kol Nidre.” The vow, wherever recited, would have been the same: A[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: as we approach Yom Kippur תשובה
Rabbenu Yonah of Gerona taught that anyone who someone commits a sin can make restoration by apology and by acts to repair the harm done. Tuesday night, instead of going to Drinking Liberally, Barb and I will go to services and there, with the other Jews of our congregation, we will beat our chests [...]