Yom Kippur

Alan Jotkowitz shares insights into Rambam’s Hilkhot Teshuvah

David Fried explores the humra of pat Yisrael during the aseret yemei teshuvah.

In this thoughtful essay, Cypess reflects on the melody that is carrying Israel in the wake of October 7th.

Yosef Lindell recounts the controversy surrounding different attempts at translating the Tishrei prayers.

Tikva Hecht’s moving elegy for her mother, a lyric essay told in verse and art, reflects on the fragility of life and the final confession we recite in the Yom Kippur Amidah.

This year, instead of thinking about the reasons for Jonah’s flight from Nineveh in particular, we can gain a new appreciation for his need to break free altogether. Ahead of Yom Kippur, Erica Brown considers the unique resonance of the book of Jonah in an era marked by isolation and quarantine.

Meir Ekstein contransts Rav Soloveitchik’s and Rav Lichtenstein’s respective approaches to Teshuva.

Yaakov Jaffe examines Yehudah Ha-Levi's High Holiday poem "Yashen, Al Teradam"

Eliezer Finkelman discusses the meaning of perfect repentance.

Jerome Marcus comments on the connection between davening with sinners and playing politics.