Yom Kippur

[_desert_rose_]

"Yom Kippur is a time when we are reminded that we own what we do and say, that over a lifetime of actions we become the embodiment of what we do. To acknowledge that we have committed a wrong is the necessary first step of Teshuva. Only by acknowledging our wrongdoings and claiming responsibility for them can we be truly repentant. And only then

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Yom Kippur?

[lilmissjennifer]

I've heard of Yom Kippur before. There is a reason I know of Yom Kippur. Where have I heard of Yom Kippur?

Re: Yom Kippur?

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it's one of the High Holidays of Judaism. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement-- where you ask G-d for forgiveness.