5 Reasons a Holiday About Fasting Is the Best Food Holiday — Yom Kippur

For many families and congregations, Yom Kippur is a very serious Jewish holiday. Meaning the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur is considered the holiest day of the year and the whole point is to ask G-d and your fellow humans for forgiveness so you can start the year with a clean slate. The holiday includes a 24-hour fast.

When I was growing up, my (very) reform family took the holiday seriously in that we went to synagogue, fasted, and broke the fast with our extended family (thanks for hosting, Uncle Irv!). The way we were probably not serious enough was that we used to call it Yum Kippur amongst ourselves. (No disrespect intended, of course!) My brother and I came up with that pun because the food at break fast was our favorite.

Here's why a holiday about fasting is actually the best food holiday — at least in my opinion.

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