Celebrate

We must be cleansed from the polluting effects of sin.

There are five factors in teshuvah (repentance), each of which can be a starting point for the entire process.

A modern interpretation of sin and repentance.

The two prayers, Ashamnu and Al Chet constitute the Jewish confession.

Yom Kippur culminates the process of repentance begun before Rosh Hashanah.

God is present after we sin.

An account of ten rabbis killed by the Romans is a centerpiece of the Yom Kippur service.

Song of Songs is an erotic poem that compares young love to gazelles frolicking in the field. So why is it read on the holiday of liberation?

Sometimes we bring the light to others, and sometimes we need to borrow a spark.

Click here for a PDF of the blessings said during Hanukkah candle lighting.