Yom Kippur
The holiest day on the Hebrew calendar is also the most misunderstood. Yom Kippur is a day of profound connection and transcendence. Discover the real Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur 2024: Friday Evening, October 11 – Saturday Evening, October 12
The Meaningful Life Center offers hundreds of Kabbalistic and Chassidic insights into the meaning of Yom Kippur. We answer questions like, “What is Yom Kippur?” and “Can you tell me how to repent?” Make your day of atonement more than just a day of repentance — learn the mystical dimensions of Yom Kippur so that you can enjoy this holiday like never before and harness the power of this high and holy day.
Inscribe Your Loved One on the Meaningful Memorial Wall
Ki Hinay Kachomer: Prayer For a Good Life
Yom Kippur: The Kittel
Comforts and freedom often lead to complacency, but Yom Kippur reminds us simultaneously of our troubles and our triumphs, encouraging us to reflect on the mysterious cycle of life.
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Ki Teitzei: Time To Sing
I realized and continue to realize the deep grief of so many tormented souls; children whose lives were forever altered because of a self-indulgent, sick adult.
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Yom Kippur: The Real You
Just one day we are asked to enter our “holy of holies.” This gives us the power to be real the rest of the year. So this Yom Kippur open yourself up – and may you experience the REAL YOU.
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Time To Sing
I realized and continue to realize the deep grief of so many tormented souls; children whose lives were forever altered because of a self-indulgent, sick adult.
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Yom Kippur: The Dual Revolution
The first revolution – in science and technology (“earthly wisdom”) – is well in place. The second revolution – in spirituality and Divine knowledge (“supernal wisdom”) – has to now catch up.
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Korach: Gilad, Naftali and Eyal
Every man, woman, and child, is responsible when they hear about such news, to do something about it — as Maimonides explains.
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Yom Kippur Stories
Three uplifting Yom Kippur stories to tell your children and friends. These Yom Kippur stories are Chassidic stories.
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Living With Faith and Hope After September 11
An essay written by Rabbi Jacobson with Yom Kippur’s message of hope to the world that was shaken September 11th.
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Vistas of Repentance
A moving personal essay about repentance. Release your guilt and shame. You are doing the best you can do. Elevate the past and choose wisely in the future.
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Noise: Bells and Pomegranates
Both apples and pomegranates are representative of the Jewish people. Both bells and pomegranates are representative of the Jewish people. The bells and pomegranates that broadcast the Divine truth are more than the means toward a tranquil end. Learn more.
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Yom Kippur: Nine Eleven & Ten
Commemorating 9/11 elucidates the significance in the numbers themselves: “Ten sefirot of nothingness, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven.”
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Vayelech: A Year In Perspective
As we enter the new year, this essay reflects on the past year, the lessons learned, challenges encountered and meaning made…
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Return to a Timeless Essence
Everyone has access to a timeless essence–their inner, higher self. Learn about the transformative power of accessing it.
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The Return: The Incense Offering
The spiritual dimensions of the ketoret, or the incense offering, are discussed in conjunction with the concept of teshuvah.
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The 120-Day Version of the Human Story
We have three forty-day periods: the First Tablets, the Broken Tablets, and the Second Tablets. Learn the spiritual meaning of the broken tablets.
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Kaparot
Kaparot is one of the most solemn observances of the Days of Awe. In the early morning hours of the day before Yom Kippur, we take a rooster (for a man) or a hen (for a woman) and, circling it above our heads, say three times: “This is my exchange, this is in my stead, this is my kaparah (atonement); this rooster shall go to its death, and I shall go on to good, long life and peace.”
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Yom Kippur: Why the High Priest Went Home
Seven days before Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol (“High Priest”) is removed from his home to his chamber in the Holy Temple. Learn about the significance of home in relation to Yom Kippur.
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Spiritual Auditing: A Letter from the Rebbe
Spiritual auditing is part of preparing for Yom Kippur. Learn about taking an honest accounting of your deeds before Yom Kippur.
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Why We Fast On Yom Kippur: Reverse Biology
Spiritual meaning of fasting: Yom Kippur is a taste of this future world of reverse biology. We will be sustained by hunger, and will experience other unnatural phenomena.
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What Is A Baal Teshuvah?
The baal teshuvah, who frees the sparks of divinity imprisoned in the realm of the forbidden, is examined in contrast with the tzaddik, who has more limited powers.
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The Ten Days of Teshuvah
The first ten days of the Jewish calendar are known as “the ten days of teshuvah.” These are days for soul-searching, repentance and return (teshuvah) to G-d.
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Yom Kippur: Your Inner Child
Once a year on Yom Kippur, the high priest entered the Holy of Holies. In the same vein, each person should enter his own holy of holies.
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Dance Away
Is dancing on Simchat Torah in oblivion of the world a form of escapism, or is it in fact a different means of experiencing reality?
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60 Days Daily Audio Journey
Follow along with the Meaningful Life Center’s NEW daily audio series by Rabbi Simon Jacobson: 60 Day Journey Toward Hope, Renewal, and Joy.
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The Kabbalah of Yom Kippur
The Kabbalists and Chassidic masters teach us that the soul as it were is comprised of five dimensions. Learn: How deep is YOUR soul?
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The Cycle of Forgiveness
A discussion about the cycle of forgiveness, the value of each human being, and the significance of his or her ability to forgive.
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The Jewish New Year: Renewal, Sanctity, and Joy
The Jewish New Year and High Holiday season is ultra rich with layers of opportunity to peer deeply into our lives, and come out renewed and empowered to take on our life challenges.
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9/11 and 10
Learn how to excavate the intimate energy of Yom Kippur and access your innermost voice, allowing you to create harmony in your life and your relationships.
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Yom Kippur Workshop: How Deep is Your Soul?
Travel into the depth of your soul, and reveal unknown recesses and dimensions that can empower you to achieve the seemingly impossible.
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Yom Kippur Class: How Great Can You Become?
Please join Rabbi Jacobson in this creative pre-Yom Kippur workshop and discover how the holiest day in the year carries the secret to appreciating the greatness that you are truly capable of.
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The Real You vs. The Projected You
Please join Rabbi Jacobson in this pre-Yom Kippur workshop and learn how the holiest day of the year will help you discover the real you as opposed to the projected you. Find out how these sacred hours allow you to strip away the accumulated habitual layers that mask your inner core and begin living a life inside-out inside of outside-in.
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Yom Kippur Is the Day of Forgiveness
Contrary to popular belief, Yom Kippur is the day of forgiveness and the birth of hope.
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Yom Kippur Within: Discover Yourself
Please join Rabbi Jacobson in this not-to-be-missed pre-Yom Kippur program, including a special Yizkor memorial service, honoring and immortalizing the souls of our loved ones.
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Special Yom Kippur Blessing from Rabbi Simon Jacobson
As we approach Yom Kippur this year, I would like to take this extraordinary opportunity to bless you.
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What Does It Mean to Be Holy?
“Holy” signifies being committed to the greater good — acting on behalf of others rather than self. Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for a short discussion of what it means to be holy. Learn how you can create holiness in your own life.
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Ki Hinay Kachomer Prayer For a Good Life Narrated by Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Get inspired for Yom Kippur. the holiest day of the year with a rendition of the Ki Hinay Kachomer prayer that is deeply inspiring from Yom Kippur prayer services.
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60 Days: A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays
Prepare for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot with insights from spiritual healer and renowned teacher Rabbi Simon Jacobson. Discover tools to revitalize and invigorate your High Holiday experience.
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60 Days: A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays
Partake in a Transformative 60 DAY JOURNEY Toward a Better Life
Bring the High Holidays Home: Join our virtual 60 Day Journey and experience transformation on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Discover tools to revitalize and invigorate your High Holidays with daily emails, providing inspirational thoughts and personal exercises.
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