ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR
t is the most solemn day of the year,
the Sabbath of Sabbaths, a time of
absolution and atonement. Even in
the Nazi death camps, where a day's
meal consisted — if anything — of a
tiny piece of hard bread, Jewish pris-
oners regularly fasted on Yom Kippur.
In Jerusalem, a haunting calm and
silence hold the city. There is virtually no traffic.
Phones do not ring. Televisions remain turned
off. The sense of spirituality that characterizes
Yom Kippur does not have to begin and end with
the day. Judaism is filled with everything from
the mystical to the intellectual that offer oppor-
tunities to get closer to God. Here, a few ways to
feel a little of the power of Yom Kippur through-
out the year:
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