Yom Kippur

Acknowledging sins allows for individual purification.

We must be cleansed from the polluting effects of sin.

After the destruction of the second Temple, the focus of the holiday changes.

The link Maimonides found between confession and repentance.

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

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

A modern interpretation of sin and repentance.

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

God is present after we sin.

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

Taking the side of the oppressed can mean withholding forgiveness from the oppressor.

The Book of Micah offers a roadmap.