Hunger pangs.(Common Prayers)(Column)(Excerpt) From: The Christian Century | Date: September 12, 2001| Author: Cox, Harvey | COPYRIGHT 2001 The Christian Century Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The author, a Christian theologian and scholar, is married to Nina Tamarkin, who is Jewish. Fifteen years ago, they decided to raise their son in the Jewish faith, and to participate in each other's religion as their respective convictions allowed. In this excerpt, the author describes Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement.

DURING MOST OF Yom Kippur I nurse a dull headache. We are supposed to eat nothing from just before sundown the evening before (which is called Erev Yom Kip...

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