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R. Elie Kaunfer: Who By Fire? The Most Controversial Prayer in Jewish Life

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Rabbi Ellie Confer: Unitana Toketh is the most controversial prayer in Jewish life. She says it was originally a poem that was written for Risa Shana, Hinei Yom Hadim. But it was so popular that we say it also on Yom Kippur, even though it wasn't really intended to be used there. "We're going to see a more multifaceted and complicated picture of God," she says.

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