{"id":914,"date":"2026-05-01T14:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/?page_id=914"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:52:13","slug":"day-of-atonement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/day-of-atonement\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of Atonement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe Day of Atonement\u201d <\/strong>by Vladimir Korolenko blends humor, folklore, and social critique. Drawing on the legend of the <strong>Khapun<\/strong>\u2014a devil said to seize sinners on Judgment Day\u2014the story playfully builds tension around superstition and fear. At first, it leans into a caricatured image of a Jewish figure associated with the Khapun myth, reflecting common prejudices of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the tone shifts as the story unfolds. Through the contrast between the miller and the Jewish innkeeper Yankel during <strong>Yom Kippur<\/strong>, Korolenko undercuts those stereotypes. The real moral focus becomes clear: greed, selfishness, and moral weakness are universal human traits\u2014not tied to any one group. The miller\u2019s own flaws and poor choices expose the absurdity of his prejudice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-744x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-744x1024.png 744w, https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-768x1057.png 768w, https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-1116x1536.png 1116w, https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-953x1312.png 953w, https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-562x774.png 562w, https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2-1024x1409.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khapun-cover-2.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Day of Atonement\u201d by Vladimir Korolenko blends humor, folklore, and social critique. Drawing on the legend of the Khapun\u2014a devil said to seize sinners on Judgment Day\u2014the story playfully builds tension around superstition and fear. At first, it leans into a caricatured image of a Jewish figure associated with the Khapun myth, reflecting common [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-914","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/914\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naumsintnicolaas.art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}