Despite the fast and the restrictions, Yom Kippur is a joyous celebration of coming home.
To Return Home, Release Your Shame
Returning home is about rebuilding the interpersonal bridge that gets broken as a result of shame.
A Spiritual Homecoming
The period from Rosh Hashana through Yom Kippur is a spiritual homecoming.
Words Matter — A Lesson on the Power of Speech
Yom Kippur teaches us that the words we say, and how we speak them, matter.
How Yom Kippur is a Holiday of Freedom
On the surface, a day when we restrict our sensory pleasures and spend all day in services, much of it standing, hardly seems like a day of freedom.
A Conditional Apology is Not an Apology
Without owning up to what we’ve done, how can we ensure that we won’t do it again? And if you’re going to do it again, what’s the point of apologizing?