Need Atonement? There's an App for That

092809iphone.jpg 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 cents and lets users type personal prayers into their phones, which are printed out by a rabbi in Jerusalem and placed in the Western Wall. 10,000 prayers have been sent so far, with 10 percent from the NYC area. Chabad's Meir Simcha Kogan tells the Post the app is definitely kosher: "Everything in this world was created for a divine purpose." Wait, even AT&T?

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Next they'll have a confessional app for Catholics wanting to repent digitally that'll transmit straight to the Vatican.

Seriously guys. Come on.

That's not a bad idea, actually. Virtual church!

Who needs an app when you can just call 1-800-OOPS-JEW

"Everything in this world was created for a divine purpose."

i just knew my beloved Snuggie™ was a gift from god. thanks yahweh!

This reminds me of a short-lived sitcom titled "It's Like, You Know . . ." from 1999. It was basically Seinfeld set in LA. One of the characters didn't have to work b/c he made a fortune by inventing Pay-Per-Jew, where Jewish people could order high holy day synagogue services from their cable company, instead of paying dues to attend in person.

Most people don't pay attention to services at the temple anyway. Everyone is on their iPhones and blackberry.

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