D'VAR TORAH
Leviticus
16:1-34; 18: 1-30
Kavvanah written for Yom Kippur services at the Lincoln Memorial, 2015.
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D'VAR TORAH
Leviticus
16:1-34; 18: 1-30
As a time to take responsibility for communal wrongs, Yom Kippur calls us to learn about and grapple with issues of race in America.
D'VAR TORAH
Leviticus
16:1-34; 18: 1-30
A study sheet on the evolving concept of teshuvah over the ages.
D'VAR TORAH
Leviticus
16:1-34; 18: 1-30
Since Reconstructionist Judaism affirms a conception of God as a force, power or process — but not as a supernatural Being who can be addressed and can respond — what happens to the notion of sin? Rabbi Richard Hirsh argues that Reconstructionist theology makes it more, not less, important that we take on the responsibility for judgment, atonement, apology and repentance
D'VAR TORAH
Leviticus
16:1-34; 18: 1-30
Isaiah's words to us on Yom Kippur call us to action.
D'VAR TORAH
Leviticus
16:1-34; 18: 1-30
Rabbi Lewis Eron considers elements of Yom Kippur service as opportunities to confront and respond to questions of ultimate meaning and purpose.
D'VAR TORAH
Leviticus
16:1-34; 18: 1-30
Yom Kippur is probably the most challenging holiday to explain meaningfully on a child's level. Rabbi Devorah Bartnoff, z"l, offers goals and techniques for teaching and experiencing Yom Kippur.
