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Rabbi Yochonon Goldman said working and praying all day helps him
get through Yom Kippur.

Photo by Jay Gorodetzer Photography
When we feel the frailty of hunger, it reminds
us how reliant on God we are for everything.

That’s a really uplifting concept.”
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GEVURA DAVIS
to do on Yom Kippur aft er
fasting. It’s also something,
anything to actually go and do.

Jackee Yerusalem-Swartz, a
resident of the suburbs, went
to services at her Northeast
Philadelphia synagogue for
20 years. She would attend
a morning session, then a
midday study group and then
an aft ernoon session, too.

By the time she left , she
could go straight to break the
fast with her family. Aft er
staying home last year during
the pandemic, Yerusalem-
Swartz joined Congregation
Kol Ami, a reform shul in
Elkins Park, for 2021/5782.

She is planning on returning
to her old synagogue routine.

“A lot of times my hunger
has to do with boredom,”
Yerusalem-Swartz said.

“During breaks, interact
with your congregants and
friends,” he said. “Th at sense
of community lift s you up and
carries you through.”
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Play No. 4: Remember why
you’re doing this.

Gevura Davis of Bala
Cynwyd is a former Reform
Jew who became Orthodox as
an adult. She said learning to
focus on the deeper morality
helped her grow to love Th e
Highest Holiday.

Davis said we should
complain less and contemplate
more. “We live in a generation that
only wants to feel comfort,” she
added. “But pain is one of our
greatest teachers.”
Ultimately, according to
Davis, Yom Kippur is about
disengaging from the material
world and connecting with our
souls. “When we feel the frailty
of hunger, it reminds us how
reliant on God we are for
everything,” she said. “Th at’s a
really uplift ing concept.” ●
Play No. 3: Talk to other
people. Th e best way to stay busy,
according to Yerusalem-
Swartz, is not just to pray hard.

It’s to talk to people, too. Th at’s
another reason she stays at
synagogue all day.

Sussman said the same jsaff ren@jewishexponent.com;
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