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The word kippur itself means “purge”—to purge ourselves of anxieties and dissatisfactions, to choose a new course in life, to purify.
The Barbie Chronicles Yona Zeldis McDonough 1999
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The word kippur itself means “purge”—to purge ourselves of anxieties and dissatisfactions, to choose a new course in life, to purify.
The Barbie Chronicles Yona Zeldis McDonough 1999
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On Rosh Hashanah it is written, but on Yom kippur it is sealed.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Israel Conversion Bill: An Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu 2010
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On Rosh Hashanah it is written, but on Yom kippur it is sealed.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Israel Conversion Bill: An Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu Rabbi Julie Schonfeld 2010
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On Rosh Hashanah it is written, but on Yom kippur it is sealed.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Israel Conversion Bill: An Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu 2010
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I was also going to say that I would get my butt hauled into the chair's office for a lecture if I scheduled anything important on yom kippur at my grad institution.
Sincere? Bardiac 2008
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In top 20 law school there is only one religion that is at all acceptable, and that is only displayed during yom kippur and in case of any scheduled formal Friday night social events.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do You Have Any Openly Religious Attorneys?,” 2007
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One perceives to what an extent the three originally connected harvest feasts have lost their distinctive character, when it is observed that these two heterogeneous days make their appearance in the midst of them; -- the _yom kippur_ in the same series with the old _haggim_, i.e., dances, which were occasions of pure pleasure and joy, not to be named in the same day with fasts and mournings.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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"What we see about occupy wall street is mentioned in the prophecy that we read on yom kippur in that the rich must help the poor," he wrote that day in response to the Wall Street protests.
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Yom kippur war 6th of October 1973 Egypt vs Israel
WN.com - Articles related to Unfolding Opportunities and Challenges in Egypt 2010
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