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High Holiday Essentials - Yom Kippur: The Laws of Yom Kippur

The five prohibitions on Yom Kippur, the way we dress and many other customs of Yom Kippur.

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Anonymous September 5, 2012

fasting Diabetics have to eat...what about that? Reply

Judy Philadelphia, PA September 27, 2009

Yom Kippur Thank you Rabbi Mendel Kaplan for that clarification of brushing ones teeth on Yom Kippur.. Reply

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan Thornhill, Ontar via chabadflamingo.com September 27, 2009

Yom Kippur Thank you for your kind words, glad to be of help... Although the Biblical prohibition specifically forbids consumption, the accepted Halachik practice is not to put anything into one's mouth. As such one should obviously not brush their teeth on Yom Kippur. Reply

Judy Philadelphia, PA September 26, 2009

Yom Kippur The subject that you have presented for Yom Kippur was very helpful in understanding the proper way to observe the Holiday... however I know that we are not to eat or drink as stated, neither bath or wash oneself, but what about brushing of the teeth, because although we're not swallowing the water,, but merely swishing it around in our mouths, is it permissible fo brush our teeth? Reply

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan Thornhill, Ontario September 1, 2009

My Appologies! Thanks for pointing that out, my misstep... I do indeed stand corrected. Reply

David Williams Carlsbad, CA via jewishoceanside.com September 1, 2009

Not PC. Rabbi around 31 minutes you said, "severly retarded." Not what we're using these days. Reply

The Laws of Yom Kippur