UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, September 16, 1994
5A
Forgiveness, renewal part of Yom Kippur
By Nathan Olson Kansan staff writer
It started with poultry and ended with dairy.
In between was spiritual redemption.
For Brad Feinberg, Deerfield, Ill. junior, Yom Kipur began with a simple meal of chicken breasts and salad, which he ate around 6 p.m. Wednesday night.
"The less you eat, the easier it is to fast," he said.
Fasting represents a vital aspect of Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement. The fasting began at sundown Wednesday and ended one hour after sundown yesterday.
"Fasting helps you remember your sins for the entire day." Fengberg said.
The day began at 10 a.m. Wednesday, when Feinberg arrived at the Lawrence Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive, wearing slacks, sport jacket and tie. Draped around his jacket was a white and gold talltie, a prayer shawl with fringes on the four corners representing the four corners of the earth.
Feinberg entered the center and sat on a black, fold-up chair. Jack Wine-
rock, professor of music and dance,
helped lead the ceremony. He wore white and chanted in fast and low tones, pausing occasionally for the audience to respond. Winerock mostly spoke in Hebrew, but occasionally he and the congregation recited together in English.
According to Jewish tradition, Yom Kippur, which occurs 10 days after Rosh Hashana, the new year, is a day in which sins are forgiven by God. The 10 days and two holidays are collectively known as High Holidays.
The tone during High Holidays is redemption, Feinberg said.
"Some people go up to their friends and ask forgiveness for whatever they've done the past year," he said. "At itsit's kind of weird because you don't know what they're forgiving you for."
The prayers were about forgiveness, sin and Jews of the past who sacrificed. Many were half-chanted, half-sung. Some in the audience swayed slightly.
An hour into the service, a large scroll — the torah — was read. People volunteered to read small sections.
adds to the sense of community." Feinberg said.
That community is shown in the prayers, which stress the collective "we" above the individual "I." It also was shown in more subtle ways, as when a child ran down an aisle giggling and two or three adults gently put their fingers to their lips, signaling the child to be quiet.
At 2 p.m., Feinberg left the building.
He went home to rest for a few hours.
At 5 p.m., he returned with two of his friends to read from the Book of Jonah to the congregation. When evening prayers were completed, a ram's horn, called a shofar, was blown, signifying the end of the fast.
"The first thing we have is something dairy," he said. "I don't know why; it's sort of a tradition."
The last hour before the fast ends is the hardest. Feinberg said.
"Sometimes I try to sleep," he said.
"But usually my friends and I will start to talk about our favorite restaurants."
The experience is very important in Feinberg's life, he said.
"When it's over, feel like it's time to start anew," he said.
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