DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Jonah is the reading from the Prophets at its afternoon service, and Nineveh's repentance is likely the reason it was chosen.
Why it’s interesting
Not every rabbi admired the Ninevites. One tradition called their repentance fake. That may have been its way of saying that God accepts even imperfect repentance in the days leading up to Yom Kippur.
Scholarly consensus
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