Judaism & Culture

WATCH: Why do we read the Book of Jonah on Yom Kippur?

Bar-Ilan University Professor Raanan Eichler discusses why the Book of Jonah was chosen as one of the readings at services on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which will be observed this week.

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