Do the Jewish holidays affect stock prices?

We Jews have something of a “dress rehearsal”, for that day of death’s judgement, every year on Yom Kippur. As a whole and as individuals we freely and openly confess our sins and accept the unimpeachable judgment of Heaven.

Chabad in Goshen is hoping that, by making services accessible and affordable, more Jewish people in the area will opt to observe the High Holidays. According to Jewish tradition, it is also the day when God decides the fate of each human being. Unlike other Jewish holidays, which typically have one holy day on which businesses are closed, Rosh Hashanah is a two-day holiday (this year on September 14 and 15), and businesses are closed on both days.

The ark, which contains the scrolls of the Torah, is opened and the leaders recite the following prayer: “All personal vows we are likely to make, all personal oaths and pledges we are likely to take between this Yom Kippur and the next Yom Kippur, we publicly renounce”. Now it’s come the time to celebrate the second of the High Holy Days, Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement.

Because of the importance, attending the services is a priority. My father’s seat was now occupied by a young man who held a small baby in his arms. Look at the word in English – “at-one” – and you can see that part of what Yom Kippur is about is coming to terms not only with others you may have wronged but also with yourself. This year’s occasion had an extra special flavor to it. It was the first time in many years that I have visited the memory lane of my childhood in Raanana, Israel.

Rabbi Zalman Bluming of Chabad of Durham and Chapel Hill demonstrated shofar blowing to students, then let them try for themselves.

Knowledge going again to 1950 present that September is historically a nasty month for the S&P 500 (), whereas October has traditionally strong returns, Robert Johnson, president of The American School of Monetary Providers, informed. In my sermon that year, I told a story about an unnamed girl in the local community whom I had flirted with unsuccessfully back in my most scared and closeted days when I was struggling with male heteronormativity. Today, I shout amen to that because when I realized when I accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, he became the atonement for my sin.