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Tag: Rabbi Brian Besser
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Why I Stopped Saying the Unetaneh Tokef, and Why I’m Ready To Say It Again
Jennifer Richler
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· 24 Sep 2014
The author recounts their personal struggle with reciting the prayer Unetaneh Tokef after the tragic death of their mother, feeling conflicted by its perception of God as punitive.