Yom Kippur 2023 (the Day of Atonement): September Sunday 24 – Monday 25 The holiest day of the year. Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Sunday, 24 September 2023 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 25 September 2023. For nearly twenty-six hours—from several minutes before sunset on 9 Tishrei (Sept. 24) to after nightfall on 10 Tishrei (Sept. 25)—we “afflict our souls”: we abstain from food and drink, do not wash or anoint our bodies, do not wear leather footwear, and abstain from marital relations. Instead our time is spent in prayer to YHWH. 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. SUNDAY starts 5:00 PM: Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11 MONDAY ends 6:00 PM: Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-30 ‭‭"Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit... The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” [John‬ ‭3:6, 8‬] ‭‭"Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them." [Ephesians‬ ‭5:11‬] "The world is unprincipled. It’s dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn’t fight fair. But we don’t live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity." [2 Corinthians 10:3‭-‬6] GLOSSARY *Lucio: a name derived from the book, "The Sorrows of Satan" by Marie Corelli

1. She lied. She is a liar.
We set traps for her,
She 'tricks' us into the traps,
We are rats. We are better.
She lied. She is a liar.
She 'steals' what belongs to her,
That were robbed by us,
We are rats. We are better.
She lied. She is a liar.
We secretly follow Lucio,
And build mansions of cards.
But, no, she shouldn't be better.
She lied. She is a liar.
When we lie to rob her potential,
Kill and destroy her destiny,
Her lies disgrace and frustrate us.
She lied. She is a liar.
She can't be blessed,
How can she have it,
If we don't give it to her?
She lied. She is a liar.
We deceive her, she lies,
Why is she such a sinner?
We are rats. We are better.
What is she doing?
Where is she going?
HOMO RODENTUS

2. She lied. She is a liar.
It used to work. When we accuse her,
Falsely or truly... we rob her to get rich,
She lied. She is a liar.
She has lied to "frienemies",
She has lied to strangers.
She has lied to Lucio's "saints".
She lied. She is a liar.
We run our lives on people's destinies.
Who is she to resist or dribble the system?
She lied. She is a liar.
We used to get richer,
It has stopped working,
We are rats. We are better.
Where is her hair?
Sorry, we meant where is her money?
Or her virtue? Or whatever light she has?
We are blind, we need her light to see.
We are rats. We are everywhere.
Is her halo still on? Where is she now?
Are her prayers answered?
Why is she still redeemed?
God's presence protects her,
Why is God loving this fool?
Her world should revolve around us,
We are rats. We are better.
- Sylvia O. Agamah