gothamist.com - 9/28/2009
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Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which commemorates the day that God forgave the Jewish people for the sin of the Golden Calf. And besides fasting and abstinence and using the JewBerry , this year there's a hot new way to atone, via iPhone! The mobile-app " Send a Prayer " costs 99 ...
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