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The Dimensions of Repentance
The link Maimonides found between confession and repentance.
Yom Kippur: Rabbinic Development
After the destruction of the second Temple, the focus of the holiday changes.
Spiraling Towards Repentance
There are five factors in teshuvah (repentance), each of which can be a starting point for the entire process.
Confessing Our Sins
The two prayers, Ashamnu and Al Chet constitute the Jewish confession.
Eleh Ezkerah: The Ten Martyrs
An account of ten rabbis killed by the Romans is a centerpiece of the Yom Kippur service.
Why Jews Read the Song of Songs on Passover
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?