Who’s in the kitchen Asking forgiveness for all the chicken dinners this year

Yom Kippur. Doesn’t matter how much you eat or drink right before the fast begins. As soon as you get home from Kol Nidrei chances are you’re going to be dying of thirst, and in the morning you’ll be craving that cup of joe (along with a danish or donut, in my case).

As a little girl growing up in Boro Park, I remember wanting to fast the entire Yom Kippur. My mother said I could fast till breakfast. I insisted I could make it through the entire fast. I did make it till 15 minutes after we got home from Kol Nidrei. What can I say? I was a good eater.