Rabbanit yemima mizrachi biography of williams

Yom Kippur is a day that most contemporary Jews associate with somber reflection and sensory deprivation. Yet, according to the Rabbis of the Mishna, it is actually one of the two most joyous days in the Jewish calendar.

The other, Tu b’Av, is a holiday of love. The centrality of joy, love, and human desire to Yom Kippur is explored by Israeli teacher and speaker Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi in her recently translated book, Yearning to Return: Reflections on Yom Kippur.

In 2010, the newspaper Makor Rishon named Mizrachi, or Rabbanit Yemima as she is known throughout Israel, the third most influential religious woman in the country.

In recent years, her audience has only grown, and right now, she may well be the foremost female Jewish educator in the world. Before COVID-19, thousands of female followers across the religious and cultural spectrum attended her effusive weekly sermons in person, and thousands more still watch them online through paid subscriptions.

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