I finally drove to the Chabad Jewish Center, 5101 Washington St., Gurnee, where I tracked down Rabbi Sholom Tenenbaum, who had just finished leading the Yizkor Memorial Service. But Tenenbaum, who wore a prayer shawl and white sheath,

could not speak with me, he briefly and politely explained. According to the center’s Web site, for 26 hours during Yom Kippur, observant Jews “afflict” their souls, spending duration in intense introspection.

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