If atoning before Yom Kippur really gets your goat, a newly launched online tool might be just what you need.
The eScapegoat invites users to write about their sins in no more than 120 characters, acting as a modern-day version of the scapegoat set loose into the desert by Israelites. As the website puts it, it is: “Like in Bible times, only nerdier!”
The input process displays examples of confessions already submitted, and a sidebar explains why Jews atone for their sins, and the symbolic role of a goat in ancient times.
Favourite submissions are then tweeted by @SinfulGoat. These range from “I ate a dessert that wasn’t kosher” to “I fancy Justin Bieber and I’m a grown woman”.
