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Confessing our sins on Yom Kippur – and remembering to act nobly
September 3, 2012 / Lawrence A. Hoffman, JTA

NEW YORK (JTA) — Few prayers are as well known to Jews as Ashamnu (“We have sinned …”) and Al Chet (“For the sin …”), the twin confessions of Yom Kippur. Belief in human sinfulness is more central to Judaism than we think. Sin may not be “original,” as… Read more »