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How is Yom Kippur like Purim?
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How is Yom Kippur like Purim?
A midrash* compares and contrasts Yom Kippur and Purim by noting that the most solemn Fast Day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, is similar to Purim: the day of feasting, laughter and sending packages of goodies to friends and to the poor. This comparison/contrast takes place via one letter: the Hebrew letter "kaf", which in this case, is used in the name of the Fast Day: "k" setting up a comparison of "almost" opposites.
* Midrash: a Rabbinic legend used to explain a text
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As the Gate Closes...
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God's Grimoire
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What would we see if we looked into God's Book of Life? Would it look like an ancient grimoire, such as the one owned by Hagrid,from the Harry Potter series?
