Yom Hakippurim was a joyous holiday

By |2014-06-29T04:06:20-07:00June 29th, 2014|Thoughts|

                                                                   Two holidays that ceased to exist   The Talmud[1] states “There never were in Israel greater days of joy than the fifteenth of (of the month of) Ab and the Day of Atonement.”  Despite this accolade, both holidays ceased to exist. The joyous biblical holiday of Yom Hakippurim ceased and morphed into sober [...]