Yom Kippur: How I Went From Dread to Joy

Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 4 p.m.

Jenna considers herself a bad faster, so it's no wonder she would dread Yom Kippur each year. Thankfully, she has learned several tips that have improved her fasting experience immensely. She shares those here so that we can get the most out of the day. Once the physical is taken care of, we can focus on the spiritual. :) Jenna tells the story of her first Yom Kippur at Aish Kodesh and how she realized this day is actually one of the most joyful on the Jewish calendar. Join Jenna as she unpacks Yom Kippur and discusses how we can get the most out of it! 

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REFERENCES:

Fasting Pills

Post-Yom Kippur Celebration at Aish Kodesh

Yearning to Return: Reflections on Yom Kippur by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi

The Power of Tranquility by Rabbi Meyer Yedid

Netivot Shalom by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein

Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky 

*Correction: My great-great-grandfather was a Torah scribe