Estonian Jewish Center

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What Is Yom Kippur?The Day of Atonement Read More
Begging for Honey CakeGrowing up, Erev Yom Kippur was a busy day. As the day wore on and the rush began, there were two... Read More
“You Will Return to the Lord, Your G-d”The Commandment of Teshuvah Read More
How to Do Yom KippurA basic primer for the holiest day of the year Read More
Aaron Will Be Behind Bars This Yom Kippur, But His Handiwork Will Be in Synagogue Read More

Weekly Magazine

What Is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement?

For nearly 26 hours Jews everywhere “afflict their souls” and spend the day in synagogue, praying for forgiveness.

Five Steps to a Higher Teshuvah

Here are five simple principles embodied by five verses from the Torah, each beginning with another letter of the word teshuvah, “return” or “repentance.”

By Yaakov Ort

Reb Zusha and the Tormenters

“And what are you going to claim on Judgement Day, eh, Zusha? Your soul will know no peace when that time comes!”

By Asharon Baltazar

18 Uplifting Contemplations for Yom Kippur

Sit still and contemplate this day. Perhaps it is not what they tell you it is.

By Tzvi Freeman

Why Did Jonah Run Away?

Jonah wasn’t some average Joe who decided to go his own way and not to listen to G-d. Why then did he disobey?

by Yehuda Shurpin