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September 1, 2016

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TWO DISTINCT HOLIDAYS, TEN DAYS APART

ACH YEAR, AT THE SUNSET that begins

Yom Kippur, the shaliach tzibur leads us in chanting Kol Ni-

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and discuss the ancient and modern concepts that are wrapped

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together on Yom Kippur.

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deeply personal themes are critically important to us as Jews and human

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holiday rather than two discreet experiences.

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ON ROSH HASHANAH, WE LOOK BACK AT THE YEAR AND CELEBRATE THAT WHICH HAS gone well, while beginning to confront what

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more or better in the next year. Once we have done that, we hold tight to

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YOM KIPPUR IS ABOUT LOOKING,

without blinking, into the mirror and into our individual hearts.

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to those in pain in our communities and our homes.

KAPARA (ATONEMENT) ISN’T JUST

THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE DIDN’T DO WELL; it isn’t just saying sorry. It’s about com-

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Rabbi David Kalender

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