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We are living in a time of more words than ever before. Texts, emails, posts, comments, voice notes, captions, reactions. And now, with AI, we can generate paragraphs and entire conversations almost instantly. We have never had more words available to us, and never been able to produce them with less effort. The danger is […]
Human Interest
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Growing up in Israel surrounded by adventure books, from a young age Eitan dreamed of climbing Mount Everest. He became a long-distance runner, mountain climber, and extreme sports enthusiast and served in a special IDF unit that required special techniques as rappelling, navigating and rescue skills. In 1999, he climbed Alaska’s Mount Denali, North America’s […]
The Viduy confession is the centerpiece of Yom Kippur. During viduy we stand with our posture bent and bang our chests as we list and confess our sins, regretting each one and committing not to do them again. In doing so, we are wiping away past spiritual baggage as we cleanse our sins. Below is […]
Many people approach Yom Kippur as a day of guilt and making promises they know they won’t keep. But beneath the fasting and confessions lies the ultimate chance to return to our truest selves and highest purpose.1 We step away from food, drink, intimacy, and physical pleasure not as deprivation, but as elevation—so we can […]
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Judaism defines three distinct levels of forgiveness, and Yom Kippur asks us to reach for all three.
