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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Feb 13, 2026, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2F3EFC26053420AE30B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > Is Ash Wednesday the closest Christian equivalent of Yom Kippur?   
      
   In a search for Christian equivalent of Yom Kippur,   
   Google’s AI Overview says   
      
   The closest Christian equivalent to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is Good   
   Friday, which commemorates Jesus Christ's crucifixion as the ultimate, final   
   sacrifice for sins. While Yom Kippur involves yearly repentance and   
   atonement, Christians believe Jesus fulfilled this, rendering the sacrificial   
   system obsolete.   
      
   but in another search for Ash Wednesday Yom Kippur it says:   
      
   Ash Wednesday (Christianity) and Yom Kippur (Judaism) are both solemn,   
   high-stakes days of atonement, fasting, and repentance. While Ash Wednesday   
   marks the beginning of Lent by using ashes to signify mortality and   
   repentance, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, focuses on final   
   atonement, intense prayer, and cleansing, often considered the "Jewish Ash   
   Wednesday"   
      
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   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “I gave my love a golden feather; I gave my love a heart of stone; When you   
   find a golden feather it means you’ll never lose your way back home”(RR)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)