Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. But it can also feel like the emptiest.

According to tradition, both our schedules and our plates are meant to be clean. So, too, are our hearts. We’re called to fast, attend services, and repent of our wrongdoing.

Though flanked on either side by the celebratory days of the High Holidays, the Day of Atonement can feel like a weighty, burdensome call. But it’s one worth answering. The ancient traditions of forgiveness, fasting, and meditating, though frequently discussed, are rarely reexamined.

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