The Boston Globe, September 27th, 1998
Rick Small is a free-lance writer living in Scituate. He can be reached via e-mail at small(at sign)globe.com. Tuesday at sundown, observant Jews will begin a daylong fast in commemoration of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is the last and most sacred of the 10 Days of Awe, the High Holy Days, which celebrate the anniversary of the universe's creation. Tradition holds that at the close of Yom Kippur, the Book of Life, which contains the fate of all humanity, is sealed for the coming year. Curiously, for centuries, the afternoon liturgy for this weightiest of days has included a reading of...
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