September 18, 2024
A dramatic day in dramatic times: Extraordinary Yom Kippur Observances throughout Jewish History
Channa Lockshin Bob
Channa Lockshin Bob is an alumna of the Drisha Scholars Circle. She teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum and taught Gemara and Halakhah at Maayanot Yeshiva High School for girls and at Drisha.
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Yom Kippur is a dramatic day, but that drama is often compounded by additional circumstances. We will learn aggadot and halakhic literature about various Yom Kippurs throughout history, from biblical and rabbinic times, through observance of the fast during a cholera epidemic, and up to the Yom Kippur war.