In many ways, I'm not a particularly good Jew. Sure, I don't eat ham and cheese sandwiches or shrimp cocktail, but on the other hand I set foot in synagogue perhaps two or three times per year. But Yom Kippur, which starts tonight, is one of the times when I make a real effort. From sundown tonight until sundown tomorrow, I'll be fasting and seeking forgiveness from those I have wronged in the past year.
And it really got me thinking, Yom Kippur is a darn good idea for a holiday. If all of us had times when we spent a lot of time thinking about who we've wronged and asking those people for forgiveness than the world would be a much much better place.
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