Yom Kippur Sermon 5780: Feeding Our Hungry Neighbors
Written by Rabbi Robin Sparr and Jo Rothman. Delivered by Rabbi Robin Sparr.
Shana tova and g’mar tov.
Many of us are at the beginning of a long and hungry day, and while we strive to keep our thoughts focused on teshuva, return, and renewal, a little part of us may at times drift towards the clock, counting the hours until we can eat.
For some of us, a day without food is a once-a-year affair, and we associate it with this Day of Atonement and fasting. But for many people both within and outside of our community, hunger is a familiar thing, a part of daily life.
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