{"id":30625,"date":"2009-09-22T14:00:29","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/yom-kippur\/mishnas_chayim_-_yom_kippur_a_lifes_journey\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T18:39:36","slug":"mishnas_chayim_-_yom_kippur_a_lifes_journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/mishnas_chayim_-_yom_kippur_a_lifes_journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Mishnas Chayim for Yom Kippur: Yonah &#8211; A Life&#8217;s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Dont-Give-Up-e1471963537530.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Dont-Give-Up-e1471963537530.jpg 719w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Dont-Give-Up-e1471963537530-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Don't Give Up\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>One of the high points of Yom Kippur is the haftarah recited during mincha: the cherished Sefer Yonah. The compelling narrative is familiar to most. Charged with a mission to prophesy to the people of Nineveh and exhort them to teshuvah (repentance), Yonah attempts to flee instead. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chevrahlomdeimishnah.org\/2009\/haazinu.pdf\">Read the text version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the high points of Yom Kippur is the haftarah recited during mincha: the cherished Sefer Yonah. The compelling narrative is familiar to most. Charged with a mission to prophesy to the people of Nineveh and exhort them to teshuvah (repentance), Yonah attempts to flee instead. 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