YOM KIPPUR

The biggest Jewish holiday of them all. Jews who don’t observe anything go to shul on Yom Kippur. Jews who eat traif . . . they go to shul on Yom Kippur. This is the Jewish holiday when we all atone for all the stuff we did wrong the year before. The really cool thing about this Jewish holiday is that G-d lets us off the hook pretty easily for the stuff we did wrong against Him. The stuff we did wrong against other people, that we have to take care of. We’re required to ask forgiveness three times. The rub is that the person we ask forgiveness from is required to give it on the third time otherwise the sin becomes his or hers. Pretty great concept if you ask me. Too bad it doesn’t spread to everyone in the world. This forgiveness bit needs to happen between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Did I mention that we have to fast? No food or drink from sundown to sundown. Oyshk! Of course, if you have health problems you are excused. Judaism is such a practical religion. I guess G-d knew there wouldn’t be that many Jews so if they started collapsing all over the place on Yom Kippur that would be bad.