Repentance

The thought that changes everything - opinion

Nabal himself remained oblivious until the next morning. The prophet Shmuel tells us that when Abigail informed him what had happened, “his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.” 

|ByLEO DEE
Israelis ride their bicycles along the empty Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays.
An illustrative image of a Torah scroll and a shofar for Yom Kippur.

Your Investments: A financial and personal clean slate for Yom Kippur

The Day of Atonement is about reflection, repentance, and renewal. Those same principles can guide people toward smarter financial choices and lasting improvement.

|ByAARON KATSMAN
Amid reports that the Shas Party could be willing to sit with him in government, Yashar Party head Gadi Eisenkot did not rule out that option entirely. Here, Eisenkot attends the Sagi Laws for Equality Confrence at the Peres Center in Jaffa earlier this week.

Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Yitzhak Yosef’s embrace – and Eisenkot's effort to distance himself from it – reflects Israel's shifting political landscape.

|ByHERB KEINON
ON YOM KIPPUR, feel the joy that bursts forth from a cleansed heart and purified soul.

Embrace Yom Kippur with joy, not sorrow as prayer is today’s greatest offering

A sacrifice for a deliberate sin is never atoned, but heartfelt prayer does.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Can a divided nation learn to forgive?

The imperative to learn from our mistakes and make amends isn’t consistent with intolerance for and refusing to listen to opposing views.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018ByJONATHAN S. TOBIN
A general view shows Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year

This year, Yom Kippur begins a few minutes before sunset on Tuesday, September 18th and concludes after nightfall on Wednesday, September 19th.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018BySARA RUBENSTEIN
PAINTING by the Polish artist Maurycy Gottlieb c. 1878, titled ‘Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.’

How do we move on in life?

Public figures have been famously reluctant to admit the error of their ways. It’s a practice that goes all the way back to the beginning of human history.

MAY 24, 2018ByWARREN GOLDSTEIN
PUPILS PRAY at the Kehilot Ya’acov Torah School for Boys in Jerusalem