Judaism | The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com www.jpost.com © 1995 - 2026 The Jerusalem Post. All rights reserved. RSSFeeds https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-911044 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1261,w_1890/741112' alt='Let us ensure we do not let this election divide us. Pictured: Dismantling a sukkah in Ashdod, Oct. 5. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='Let us ensure we do not let this election divide us. Pictured: Dismantling a sukkah in Ashdod, Oct. 5. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />In the weeks ahead, Israelis will argue fiercely about the election and the country’s future. Jews elsewhere will have their own arguments about Israel, politics, and the Jewish community's future.<br /> FLASH90 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:02:28 GMT Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:02:28 GMT 911044 N False BY MICHAEL FREUND False king david of israel,bible,Israel Elections,2026 Israeli Elections,Israel Elections 2026 111 1047 Jonathan and David: What does friendship mean when loyalty comes with a price? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-911038 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2623,w_3937/741102' alt='ALIYAH: JUST the beginning. Pictured: French immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, Aug. 3. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='ALIYAH: JUST the beginning. Pictured: French immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, Aug. 3. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />Rashi’s comment reminds us that history is shaped not only by people who occupy positions of power, but also by the timing of their arrival.<br /> FLASH90 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:02:01 GMT Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:02:01 GMT 911038 N False BY MOSHE TARAGIN False Torah,books,philosophy,Beresheet,book review,Magazine 111 New book offers fresh take on Rashi, one of Judaism's most prolific commentators https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-911036 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2206,w_3937/741098' alt='WATER HOLDS a profound place in Judaism, (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='WATER HOLDS a profound place in Judaism, (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' /><br />Water is also the thread that connects the festival of Sukkot, which we recently concluded, with the first Torah portion, Parashat Bereishit, read on the first Shabbat after Sukkot.<br /> SHUTTERSTOCK Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:51:15 GMT Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:51:15 GMT 911036 N False BY RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ False Judaism,Torah,Jewish faith,parasha,Magazine,Bereishit 111 1047 Parashat Bereishit: Water sustains the earth as Torah sustains the human being https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-911143 <img align='right' src='https://www.jpost.com/httphandlers/showimage.ashx?id=346815' alt='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' title='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' /><br />See Shabbat candle lighting times for your area.<br /> ING IMAGE/ASAP Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:51:08 GMT Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:51:08 GMT 911143 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Judaism,Shabbat,shabbat times,candle lighting 111 Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-910296 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_945,w_1417/740089' alt='Praying at the entrance to the Temple Mount on Sukkot, Sept. 29. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='Praying at the entrance to the Temple Mount on Sukkot, Sept. 29. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />Shmini Atzeret’s Temple haftarah takes on new meaning as Jews increasingly pray and perform mitzvot on the Temple Mount.<br /> FLASH90 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:03:38 GMT Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:03:38 GMT 910296 N False BY MICHAEL FREUND False Israel,Judaism,Sukkot,Temple Mount,Jewish holidays,religion,jews,High Holy Days 111 1048 Shmini Atzeret and the return of Jewish prayer to the Temple Mount https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-910316 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2625,w_3937/740110' alt='‘CHAG HA’ASIF’: Tel Winery winemaker Lital Ovadia leads the early-morning grape harvest at the vineyard in Moshav Shaal, Golan Heights, Sept. 23. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='‘CHAG HA’ASIF’: Tel Winery winemaker Lital Ovadia leads the early-morning grape harvest at the vineyard in Moshav Shaal, Golan Heights, Sept. 23. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />Sukkot marks the end of the agricultural cycle, Chag Ha’asif, the festival of gathering in the harvest.<br /> FLASH90 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:03:09 GMT Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:03:09 GMT 910316 N False BY MOSHE TARAGIN False Judaism,Sukkot,Jewish holidays,Magazine,The October 7 Massacre 111 1048 Celebrating Sukkot and Simchat Torah after the October 7 Massacre https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-910312 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2625,w_3937/740104' alt='SIMCHAT TORAH at a base on the border with Gaza, last Oct. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='SIMCHAT TORAH at a base on the border with Gaza, last Oct. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />The joy of Simchat Torah is not merely an individual’s personal joy. It is joy about the Torah that exists within the people of Israel.<br /> FLASH90 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:50:44 GMT Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:50:44 GMT 910312 N False BY RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ False Torah,Jewish holidays,parasha,Magazine 111 1048 Why are we so joyous on Simchat Torah? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-910406 <img align='right' src='https://www.jpost.com/httphandlers/showimage.ashx?id=346815' alt='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' title='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' /><br />See Shabbat candle lighting times for your area.<br /> ING IMAGE/ASAP Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:50:15 GMT Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:50:15 GMT 910406 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Judaism,Shabbat,shabbat times,candle lighting 111 1048 Simchat Torah and Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-909526 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2624,w_3937/739046' alt='(Illustrative) A woman stands inside a Sukkah, holding a Lulav and Etrog. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='(Illustrative) A woman stands inside a Sukkah, holding a Lulav and Etrog. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />The sukkah is where we spend much of our time over the holiday, eating our meals, and many sleep in the sukkah when conditions and weather allow. <br /> FLASH90 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:56:19 GMT Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:56:19 GMT 909526 N False BY RABBI DAVID STAV False Judaism,Sukkot,Torah,Jewish holidays,Jewish,unity,Magazine 111 1048 Sukkot 2026: Israel cannot survive with separate sukkot for each Israeli https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-909588 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2252,w_4000/739148' alt='Dead Sea Tourism jeeping. (photo credit: Dead Sea tourism)' title='Dead Sea Tourism jeeping. (photo credit: Dead Sea tourism)' /><br />Now it’s up to you to choose which activities your family will enjoy. Whatever you do, you’ll be sure to have fun in Jerusalem this Sukkot!<br /> Dead Sea tourism Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:36:57 GMT Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:36:57 GMT 909588 N False BY RONIT ANSBACHER AND JOANNA SHEBSON False Sukkot,Tourism,vacation,Jewish holidays,Vacation Planning,attraction 111 1048 Fun activities to check out in and around Jerusalem this Sukkot https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-909684 <img align='right' src='https://www.jpost.com/httphandlers/showimage.ashx?id=346815' alt='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' title='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' /><br />See candle lighting times for your area<br /> ING IMAGE/ASAP Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:33 GMT Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:33 GMT 909684 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False American Jewry,Judaism,Sukkot,Jewish holidays,Shabbat,Diaspora,candle lighting 111 1048 Sukkot and Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-909577 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2625,w_3937/739136' alt='BOUND TOGETHER: Morning prayers in Katzrin, Sukkot 2025. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='BOUND TOGETHER: Morning prayers in Katzrin, Sukkot 2025. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />The sukkah suggests unity through sameness. Everyone sits beneath the same fragile roof, exposed to the same elements.<br /> FLASH90 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:17 GMT Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:17 GMT 909577 N False BY MOSHE TARAGIN False Sukkot,Jewish holidays,Magazine,Four Species,2026 Israeli Elections,Israel Elections 2026 111 1048 Sukkot's arava and the art of compromise in a divided Israel https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-909575 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2626,w_3937/739135' alt='EXAMINING AN ETROG. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='EXAMINING AN ETROG. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' /><br />The Torah itself emphasizes the idea of hadar in the festival’s central mitzvah, the mitzvah of the Four Species, and even makes it part of the definition of the mitzvah.<br /> MARC ISRAEL SELLEM Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:10 GMT Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:10 GMT 909575 N False BY RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ False Judaism,Sukkot,Jewish holidays,Magazine,High Holy Days,Four Species 111 1048 Sukkot 2026: The refined person https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908575 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5104,w_7653/737755' alt='The empty streets in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving, October 2, 2025. (photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)' title='The empty streets in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving, October 2, 2025. (photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)' /><br />The October 7 attack has affected all Israelis somehow. Some have questioned God’s existence. Others have gotten closer to religion, and sought connection to spirituality.<br /> ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:58:38 GMT Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:58:38 GMT 908575 N False BY LINDA GRADSTEIN False Judaism,Yom Kippur,religion,secular,Israelis,Reform Movement,The October 7 Massacre 111 1048 How Yom Kippur has changed for secular Israelis since October 7 https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908564 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1462,w_1969/737741' alt='On the eve of Yom Kippur (Prayer). Artist Jakub Weinles (1870–1935) (photo credit: JAKUB WEINLES)' title='On the eve of Yom Kippur (Prayer). Artist Jakub Weinles (1870–1935) (photo credit: JAKUB WEINLES)' /><br />New research into ancient Jewish life reveals how Yom Kippur was observed beyond the Temple, from fasting and private prayer to communal reflection.<br /> JAKUB WEINLES Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:51:48 GMT Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:51:48 GMT 908564 N False BY ALAN ROSENBAUM False Judaism,Yom Kippur,Jewish holidays,history,Diaspora Jews,prayer,High Holy Days 111 1048 Yom Kippur 2026: How did ancient Jews observe the Day of Atonement? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-909157 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1067,w_1600/738417' alt='Thousands of Jews gather for slihot prayer services at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, ahead of Yom Kippur, September 15, 2026 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' title='Thousands of Jews gather for slihot prayer services at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, ahead of Yom Kippur, September 15, 2026 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' /><br />Also in attendance were former hostage Eliya Cohen and his wife, Nova survivor Ziv Abud, as well as former hostages Rom Braslavski, Elkana Bohbot, and Ohad Ben Ami.<br /> MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:10:55 GMT Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:41:01 GMT 909157 N False BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM False Benjamin Netanyahu,IDF,Western Wall,Yom Kippur,kotel,slichot,prayer,Gaza hostages 111 1048 Some 150,000 people participate in slihot prayers at the Western Wall https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-909152 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5384,w_8072/738508' alt='A Jewish man blows a shofar at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City during the final Selichot prayers ahead of Yom Kippur, September 19, 2026. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' title='A Jewish man blows a shofar at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City during the final Selichot prayers ahead of Yom Kippur, September 19, 2026. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' /><br />Only a small number of those reported to be fasting partially or not at all are older people, according to the survey data, suggesting that the reasons are more linked to health or principle.<br /> CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:32:29 GMT Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:08:35 GMT 909152 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Haredi,Judaism,synagogue,Yom Kippur,Mizrahi,reform,Orthodox Jews,secular,Ashkenazi,fasting 111 1048 How many Israeli Jews fast, participate in prayers on Yom Kippur? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908563 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5381,w_8068/731400' alt='The opening of Keith Siegel pancake house, a former Israeli hostage, at Sarona market in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2025. (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)' title='The opening of Keith Siegel pancake house, a former Israeli hostage, at Sarona market in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2025. (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)' /><br />After being denied the most basic choices in Hamas captivity, Keith and Aviva Siegel are reclaiming their freedom and finding a different meaning in Yom Kippur.<br /> MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:43:09 GMT Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:31:19 GMT 908563 N False BY CORINNE BAUM False Judaism,Yom Kippur,religion,jewish identity,hostage,High Holy Days,Gaza hostages,Interview 111 1048 Yom Kippur 2026: Keith and Aviva Siegel find a new meaning after Gaza captivity https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-908884 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2625,w_3937/738190' alt='OUR CHILDREN deserve a unified nation. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='OUR CHILDREN deserve a unified nation. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />Rabbi Hayyim urges us to remain a unified nation; a people that does not block highways or burn tires, engage in vandalism against those with whom we may differ, or delegitimize other Jews.<br /> FLASH90 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:03:11 GMT Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:03:11 GMT 908884 N False BY MENAHEM MEIER False Judaism,Torah,bible,parasha,unity,Magazine 111 Why would God ignore Jewish idolatry? For the unity of His people https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908556 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1312,w_1969/738422' alt='YOM KIPPUR asks us to confront who we were, who we have become, and who we might yet become. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' title='YOM KIPPUR asks us to confront who we were, who we have become, and who we might yet become. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' /><br />From Dickens’s Ebenezer Scrooge to modern psychology, the journey from remorse to lasting behavioral change reveals why Yom Kippur can be both a reckoning and a starting point.<br /> MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:44:01 GMT Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:44:01 GMT 908556 N False BY JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH False Judaism,Yom Kippur,culture,health,Mental Health,Psychology,Moshe Maimonides 111 1048 Yom Kippur 2026: What Ebenezer Scrooge can teach us about repentance and change https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908566 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3667,w_5500/737743' alt='An Israeli soldier holds a smartphone near Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, November 23, 2023 (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)' title='An Israeli soldier holds a smartphone near Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, November 23, 2023 (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)' /><br />As digital communication makes it easier to avoid difficult conversations, rabbis and educators weigh whether texts, voice notes, and social-media posts can deliver meaningful apologies.<br /> REUTERS/AMIR COHEN Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:14:57 GMT Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:14:57 GMT 908566 N False BY ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN False Judaism,Yom Kippur,Jewish holidays,society,social media,High Holy Days 111 1048 Yom Kippur 2026: Do text messages or social media posts count as a real apology? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908580 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/737764' alt='(L-R): Photo of Maurycy Gottlieb’s “Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur”; One of the earliest surviving illuminated medieval texts of Kol Nidre (Worms Machzor, c. 1280). (photo credit: PUBLIC DOMAIN)' title='(L-R): Photo of Maurycy Gottlieb’s “Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur”; One of the earliest surviving illuminated medieval texts of Kol Nidre (Worms Machzor, c. 1280). (photo credit: PUBLIC DOMAIN)' /><br />Beyond its connection to Yom Kippur’s theme of repentance, experts believe the answer lies in Kol Nidre's core musical architecture. <br /> PUBLIC DOMAIN Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:49:15 GMT Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:49:15 GMT 908580 N False BY LIRAN GURKIEWICZ False Judaism,Yom Kippur,history,religion,Diaspora Jews,prayer 111 1048 Yom Kippur 2026: The surprising history of Kol Nidre and its sacred melody https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908573 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_629,w_832/737752' alt='Dr. Chaim Meir Neria, curator of the Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel, with one of the two volumes of the Lisbon Mahzor recently received by the Library. (photo credit: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL)' title='Dr. Chaim Meir Neria, curator of the Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel, with one of the two volumes of the Lisbon Mahzor recently received by the Library. (photo credit: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL)' /><br />In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, NLI’s curator Dr. Chaim Neria explains how the NLI came to house thousands of prayer books, noting that “it fits into the overall mission of the library.”<br /> NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:48:10 GMT Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:48:10 GMT 908573 N False BY HOWARD BLAS False Judaism,Yom Kippur,culture,history,religion,Judaica,National Library of Israel,prayer,Interview 111 1048 Yom Kippur 2026: A look at prayer books preserving centuries of Jewish history https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908554 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5504,w_8256/737722' alt='The Orthodox Jewish group of Rosh Yehudi sets up a gender partition during a public prayer for Yom Kippur, on Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, September 24, 2023 (photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)' title='The Orthodox Jewish group of Rosh Yehudi sets up a gender partition during a public prayer for Yom Kippur, on Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, September 24, 2023 (photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)' /><br />On Yom Kippur of 2023, Jews were pitted against Jews across the country. Thirteen days later, October 7 would remind Israelis that beneath their deepest divisions, there was still a collective “we.”<br /> TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:52:35 GMT Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:52:35 GMT 908554 N False BY HERB KEINON False Judaism,Yom Kippur,protests,Politics,religion,Israelis,The October 7 Massacre,2026 Israeli Elections,Gender Segregation 111 1048 Yom Kippur 2026: How Israel went from tearing itself apart on October 7 to now https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908920 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1313,w_1969/682529' alt='IN THE early morning before Yom Kippur, 2024, prayers for forgiveness are recited at the Western Wall and elsewhere in the Jewish world. (photo credit: Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)' title='IN THE early morning before Yom Kippur, 2024, prayers for forgiveness are recited at the Western Wall and elsewhere in the Jewish world. (photo credit: Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)' /><br />Few images capture Yom Kippur more powerfully than a person bent over a machzor (prayer book), quietly reciting its catalogue of sins.<br /> Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:45:55 GMT Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:45:55 GMT 908920 N False BY MOSHE TARAGIN False Judaism,Yom Kippur,Jewish holidays,religion,prayer,Magazine 111 1048 The inner search for truth and forgiveness on Yom Kippur https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-909034 <img align='right' src='https://www.jpost.com/httphandlers/showimage.ashx?id=346815' alt='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' title='Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)' /><br />See Shabbat candle lighting times for your area.<br /> ING IMAGE/ASAP Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:44:45 GMT Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:44:45 GMT 909034 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Judaism,Shabbat,shabbat times,candle lighting 111 Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-908915 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4480,w_6720/738244' alt='One might think this should be the moment of our greatest anxiety. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='One might think this should be the moment of our greatest anxiety. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' /><br />How is it that precisely on the eve of the day when a person stands before his Creator, and his judgment for the coming year is sealed, we are commanded to eat and rejoice?<br /> SHUTTERSTOCK Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:43:38 GMT Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:43:38 GMT 908915 N False BY RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ False Judaism,Yom Kippur,food,Jewish holidays,fasting,Magazine 111 1048 Why are we commanded to eat and rejoice on Yom Kippur eve? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-908669 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_854,w_1280/737867' alt='Danny with his personal caregiver, Mushki. (photo credit: Mishpacha Ukraine)' title='Danny with his personal caregiver, Mushki. (photo credit: Mishpacha Ukraine)' /><br />Who is the wide-eyed boy who stands at the window every morning at Mishpacha Ukraine in Odessa, and what is the story behind him - a story no one planned to tell.<br /> Mishpacha Ukraine Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:21:01 GMT Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:21:01 GMT 908669 N False BY IN COOPERATION WITH MISHPACHA UKRAINE True Chabad,Judaism,education,Ukraine,family,autism,Odessa 111 Danny, my child of the year https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-908521 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_530,w_758/258935' alt='A man performs the ancient Jewish ritual of kaparot (photo credit: REUTERS)' title='A man performs the ancient Jewish ritual of kaparot (photo credit: REUTERS)' /><br />Animal rights group Let the Animals Live says Tel Mond, Yeruham, Mevaseret Zion, Yavne, Kiryat Bialik, and Rishon Lezion have joined the initiative to ban live chickens for kapparot.<br /> REUTERS Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:40:43 GMT Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:17:26 GMT 908521 N False BY SHIR PERETS False Judaism,Yom Kippur,kapparot,animals,animal abuse,High Holy Days 111 Six Israeli cities ban live chickens for traditional Yom Kippur kapparot https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-908516 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2631,w_3947/737704' alt='(Illustrative) A man proposes to a woman on a private terrace near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, February 10, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/SARAH MEYSSONNIER)' title='(Illustrative) A man proposes to a woman on a private terrace near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, February 10, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/SARAH MEYSSONNIER)' /><br />Beersheba Chief Rabbi Avraham Deri warned that a ring proposal before witnesses could create a halachic marriage, meaning a couple could later need a religious divorce.<br /> REUTERS/SARAH MEYSSONNIER Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:01:11 GMT Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:04:56 GMT 908516 N False BY JAMES GENN False weddings,Beersheba,israel marriage,israeli wedding,marriage in israel,weddings israel,marriage,divorce,engagement,Ring,proposal,Spotlight 111 Rabbi warns public ring proposals could constitute Jewish marriage under halacha