The pope declared a fast on Oct. 7 — but Catholics can still eat
Fasting in the Catholic tradition wouldn't register for most Jews
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FIRST PERSON I fast on Yom Kippur but don’t go to synagogue. And there are many Jews like me
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Life This Twitter Thread Will Keep You Too Disgusted To Eat on Yom Kippur
For generations, inherited recipes have allowed American Jews to preserve links to their immigrant ancestors and envision the lives they lived before arriving on these shores. But is grating potatoes for latkes really the iconic Jewish experience we like to think it is? It may be that a more ubiquitous rite of passage is discovering…
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The Schmooze The Yom Kippur Fasting Experience, As Told Through GIFs
Yom Kippur begins just before sundown this Tuesday, September 18, and ends after sundown on Wednesday, September 19. In the course of the day you may pray. You may sing. You may prostrate. You may book end the experience on one side by swinging a chicken, and on the other by immediately and enthusiastically building…
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