Help edit "Days of Awe - Mi Yodeya?"

Question

32 questions' worth of edited content have been submitted for Days of Awe - Mi Yodeya?. The next step is to make sure that each of these submissions gets a good once-over by someone who didn't do the first edit, to help make sure that the content is high-quality and accessible.

So, please select one (or more!) of the submissions that you did not do the initial editing on, from the lists in the posts linked below, and do the following:

• Review the style guidelines.

• Read the entire post, carefully. Check for compliance with the style guidelines, overall quality, readability, and accessibility to readers with limited background in Judaism.

• Edit the post in place wherever you see a way to improve it.

• For any non-English terms, names of authorities cited, and names of books cited that not all of our readers will be familiar with, add an entry to the Glossary, if there isn't one already.

• Post a comment to the post you edited, saying SECOND-PARTY EDIT COMPLETE.

• Edit the answer post here to strike out the edited post (<s> ... </s>), so that others can tell where there is work left to be done.

Let's try to get these done by Wednesday, July 22, so that we have ample time for the next steps in this book production before Rosh Hashana.

Reference links:

• Rough project plan

• Project chat room

Answer 1

Submissions remaining to be edited, by section:

• Part 1: Machzor, Rosh Hashana:

• Why is the shofar sounded on Rosh Hashana? (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• Shochein Ad, HaKail, HaMelech - why? (originally done by Double AA)
• Why is the Machzor called a "Machzor"? (originally done by Isaac Moses)
• Why Jeremiah 31 on Rosh Hashana? (originally done by Isaac Moses)
• Why don't we say Hallel on Rosh Hashanah? (originally done by Scimonster)
• How a couple lines in Alenu fit the pattern (originally done by Isaac Moses)
• Why a formulaic greeting on Rosh Hashanah Eve? (originally done by Scimonster) (we are considering excluding this; see comments there)
• Why was Akeidas Yitzchok a bigger test for Avraham than for Yitzchok? (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• What is the reason behind blowing the shofar from the side of one's mouth? (originally done by Isaac Moses)
• Yemenite shofar not from sheep (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• What is the origin of the shofar sounds? (originally done by Scimonster)
• At the end of "Ya'aleh v'Yavo", do you say "Melech"? (originally done by Isaac Moses)
• Why specifically an apple on Rosh HaShanah? (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• Significance of “Shema Yisrael” (originally done by Monica Cellio)

• Part 2: Machzor, Yom Kippur:

• What's so moving about Kol Nidrei? (originally done by msh210)
• Why did Yonah run away? (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• Is there tashlumin for n'ila? (originally done by Scimonster)
• Avinu Malkeinu - middle verses said out loud by the Chazan (originally done by Isaac Moses)
• Why do we read Yona on Yom Kippur? (originally done by Scimonster)
• What does “Baruch shem k'vod malchuso l'olam vaed” mean? (originally done by Isaac Moses)

• Part 3, halacha and how-tos:

• Kiddush on Yom Kippur (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• Additions to bentching on Yom Kippur (originally done by Scimonster)
• Wedding Rings on Yom Kippur? (originally done by Scimonster)
• What is the shiur for anointing on Yom Kippur? (originally done by Double AA)
• Why are we forbidden to wear leather shoes on Yom Kippur? (originally done by Isaac Moses)
• Drinking on Rosh HaShanah (originally done by Monica Cellio)

• Part 4: themes:

• Is the Book of Life ever really sealed? (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• How can someone, halachically, do teshuva when s/he has offended an anonymous person on the internet? (originally done by Scimonster)
• Do I have to forgive a repeat offender? (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• What can I do to change myself permanently through the repentance process? (originally done by Monica Cellio)

• Part 5: Selichot:

• What parts of selichot can be said without a minyan? (originally done by Monica Cellio)
• How can I find meaning in saying selichot? (originally done by Monica Cellio)