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The Ebenezer Scrooge model: Can Yom Kippur really bring repentance and change?

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The Jerusalem Post examined the concept of repentance and behavioral change during Yom Kippur, drawing parallels between Charles Dickens's fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge and modern psychological frameworks.

The analysis explores how the Jewish Day of Atonement serves as both a moral reckoning and a starting point for personal transformation, highlighting the psychological journey required to move from initial remorse to lasting behavioral modification.

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