Celebrate

Observing Shabbat is an antidote to the stresses of daily life.

7 reasons for fasting on the Day of Atonement.

The Torah reading for Yom Kippur morning.

God also repents in the Book of Jonah.

How the Day of Atonement was marked before the destruction of the Second Temple.

The appearance of three word phrases in the Unetaneh Tokef prayer teaches that deeds must follow thought.

Each person must accomplish this individually

Women's association with the new moon dates far back in history.

Acknowledging sins allows for individual purification.

Each and every holiday in the Jewish calendar comes with its own unique set of insertions into the prayers intended to celebrate the special character of that festival.

The link Maimonides found between confession and repentance.

We must be cleansed from the polluting effects of sin.