Yom Kippur Beit Midrash

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Topics: 

• ​Truth in Jewish Teaching and Public Discourse – Yes, It Matters!: David Shribman and Rabbi Jamie Gibson will share texts, stories, and discussion about the need for facts and truth in our spiritual and civic lives.
• Science and Jewish Environmentalism in an Age of Radical Skepticism: Dr. Jerry Cohon will teach on the need to restore faith in the sciences in order to fulfill our Jewish obligations  with respect to the environment.
• Approaching the Holy Through Jewish Chant and Meditation: Rhonda Rosen and David Goldstein will deepen spiritual connection through meditation and chant.
• Exodus: What is Real and What is Not: Ram Kossowsky will walk us through the lands of the Book of Exodus with a slide presentation.
• Strange & Wonderful Stories of Jewish Identity & Connection (A Moth-Inspired Storytelling Hour): An hour of stories of strange and wonderful affirmations of Jewish identity and connection.
• How DO Jews Deal With Death?: Pat Cluss and Malke Frank will teach on Jewish death and burial customs and the need for them.

Open to the community.

"Tradition teaches that on Rosh HaShanah the Book of Life is written and on Yom Kippur our decree for New Year is sealed. We are taught that by doing t’shuvah (repentance), t’filah (prayer), and tzedakah (charity), we can have an effect on the severity of the decree. As a result, much of the Yom Kippur liturgy and the prescribed acts for all of the Yamim Noraim are aimed at achieving this goal. Yom Kippur, like Shabbat, is a day when one refrains from work. Leviticus 23:32 describes Yom Kippur as a Shabbat Shabbaton - a sabbath of complete rest. One of the greetings for this day is 'G'mar chatimah tovah,' 'May you be sealed for a good year ahead.'"*

*Source: https://reformjudaism.org/yom-kippur-customs-and-rituals-0