Healthy Yom Kippur fasting

Cornell University has published tips for healthy Yom Kippur fasting. If you will be fasting for Yom Kippur, please follow the link below for tips:

Forgiveness: Mary Klaus

Mary Klaus writes that sincerely asking forgiveness is difficult for most: it is inherently humbling. You have to confront uncomfortable truths about yourself. It is also challenging is that you must prepare yourself to not be forgiven.

Nitzavim: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Rabbi Sacks asks the question: Why Judaism? In Exodus, at Sinai, our forefathers said, “All that the Lord has spoken we shall do…”. Now, at the end of Moses’ life, he has to ensure that all future generations will also be bound by the covenant.