Yom Kippur

The Rebbe Who Ate Cheese On Yom Kippur

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:45:00 GMT

Source: mevakeshlev.blogspot.com --- Monday, May 13, 2013
The Steipler Gaon related that the Holy Avnei Nezer once learned all 177 [קע"ז] pages of Bava Basra on Yom Kippur night. In the morning he remarked "Baruch Hashem, I 'ate' קע"ז" [in Yiddish kez is cheese]. [Related by Rav Avraham Yeshayahu Kniyevsky Shlita Toldos Yaakov page 114] ...

Dutch royals want to discuss, not change, event scheduled for Yom Kippur

Sat, 04 May 2013 02:51:46 GMT

Source: www.timesofisrael.com --- Friday, May 03, 2013
Farewell party for abdicating Queen Beatrix is scheduled to coincide with High Holiday, to the dismay of Holland’s Jews ...

Dutch King Inaugural Tuesday, Queen to Leave on Yom Kippur

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:08:50 GMT

Source: www.alljewishlinks.com --- Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Dutch Queen Beatrix, who will be succeeded on Tuesday, April 30, by her son, the new King Willem Alexander, will take official leave from Dutch citizens on September 14, which falls out on Yom Kippur this year. The program, organized by a national committee, states that the event is meant “to give all Dutchmen as [...] ...

A 9/11 truther and a Yom Kippur farewell

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:47:00 GMT

Source: mashiachiscoming.blogspot.com --- Monday, April 29, 2013
A prominent Jewish group is criticizing the United Nations for inviting a 9/11 Truther who has accused Israel of committing acts of terrorism to address an upcoming conference. Read more: http://freebeacon.com/u-n-stands-for-crazy/ A Dutch chief rabbi said his community is “vexed” because a farewell event for the Dutch queen is scheduled for Yom Kippur. “Jews are again faced with a reality in which they don’t belong, and that is painful,” Holland’s chief interprovincial rabbi, Binyomin Jacobs, told NRC Handelsblad last Friday. Read more: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/04/28/3125306/dutch-jews-vexed-by-royal-even-on-Yom-Kippur-rabbi-says Click here to see how the BBC and Ynetnews report on the stabbing of Evyatar Borovsky , h"yd , a 32-year-old father of 5, the oldest of whom is 7. H/T this ongoing war ...

Dutch Farewell Celebration For Queen Beatrix Creates Yom Kippur Conflict For Jews

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:10:00 GMT

Source: religionclause.blogspot.com --- Monday, April 29, 2013
Holland's Queen Beatrix, who recently turned 75, announced in January that after 33 years she is abdicating the throne and handing the crown over to her son. An official event in Rottrdam to wish the Queen a happy retirement has been scheduled for Sept. 14. JTA reported yesterday that Dutch chief rabbi Binyomin Jacobs says the Jewish community is distressed because the celebration coincides with Yom Kippur and thus many Jews will be unable to attend the farewell event. Jacobs said: "Jews are again faced with a reality in which they don’t belong, and that is painful." Limited availability of the conference center at which the event will be held makes it unlikely that it will be rescheduled. ...

Dutch Jews ‘vexed’ by royal event on Yom Kippur, rabbi says

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:26:50 GMT

Source: www.jta.org --- Sunday, April 28, 2013
A Dutch chief rabbi said his community was “vexed” because a farewell event for the Dutch queen was scheduled on Yom Kippur. ...

Best Ways to Prepare for the Yom Kippur (or any) Fast

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:00:24 GMT

Source: judaism.about.com --- Saturday, April 27, 2013
Tips on how to prepare for the Yom Kippur (or any) fast. ...

Lag B'omer is the new Yom Kippur

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:48:32 GMT

Source: dovbear.blogspot.com --- Friday, April 26, 2013
Fortunate is the eye that saw all of this I've never made the trip to Rashbi's grave for Lag B'omer, on the grounds that I think its pointless, but taam v'reach. Many of my friends, however, make the pilgrimage every year, and their descriptions of the event have convinced me that the Meron celebration is a modern Yom Kippur. . Many the secular objectives once achieved in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur are now being met on Mount Meron. To start with, Yom Kippur was not originally about shul or prayers. When the Temple stood, the events of the day revolved around a pageant performed by the high priest. All the individual pilgrim had to do was stand in the fresh air with his friends, and watch your supreme religious official slaughter bulls and sprinkle blood and roast meat. At certain moments, you'd all stretch on the ground in adoration or submission to God and bellow a slogan. I imagine participating as an observer was at once thrilling, and inspirational -- and probably great fun, besides. Aside from the pomp of the ceremony, there was also the unshakable conviction that this was a surefire way to win blessing and favor for yourself. This was the day of atonement, after all, a day when your fate was sealed, a day when your behavior could win sustenance and merit to last the year. And all you had to do was show up. Now compare this with what happens in our day at Meron. Last Lag B'omer, nearly half a million Jews made the pilgrimage to ...

Simple Solution to Daylight Saving's "Long Yom Kippur"

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:54:36 GMT

Source: www.israelnationalnews.com --- Friday, April 26, 2013
Good morning! The Jewish World is in the midst of a marathon of holidays, praying, feasting, fasting and more. As usual you can read more on Shiloh Musings and me-ander. Chag Sameach, joyful holiday to all!Simple Solution to Daylight Saving Time's "Long Yom Kippur"Last night as my neighbor... ...