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Yom Kippur (/ ˌ j ɒ m k ɪ ˈ p ʊər, ˌ j ɔː m ˈ k ɪ p ər, ˌ j oʊ m-/ YAHM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר Yōm Kīppūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. ' Day of Atonement ') is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and Samaritanism.
Yom Kippur is the most sacred and solemn day in the Jewish calendar. It is a day to reflect on the past year and ask God's forgiveness for any sins. Learn about its history, traditions and how Jews mark it with videos, activities and quizzes.
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a 25-hour solemn fast day, during which Jewish people pray, seek forgiveness and a fresh start both with God and their fellows.
- Forty days before Yom Kippur, on the first of Elul, we begin blowing the shofar every morning and reciting Psalm 27 after the morning and afternoon...
- Like Shabbat, no work is to be done on Yom Kippur, from thetime the sun sets on the ninth of Tishrei until the stars come out in theevening of the...
- After night has fallen, the closing Neilah service ends with the resounding cries of the Shema prayer: “Hear O Israel: G‑d is our L‑rd, G‑d is one....
6 days ago · Yom Kippur, most solemn of Jewish religious holidays, observed on the 10th day of the lunar month of Tishri (in the course of September and October), when Jews seek to expiate their sins and achieve reconciliation with God. It is marked by abstention from food, drink, and sex.
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- Yom Kippur is the most solemn of Jewish religious holidays, when Jews seek to expiate their sins and achieve reconciliation with God. It concludes...
- The purpose of Yom Kippur is to effect individual and collective purification by the practice of forgiveness of the sins of others and by sincere r...
- Jewish congregations spend the eve of Yom Kippur and the entire day in prayer and meditation. The services on Yom Kippur continue from morning to e...
- Yom Kippur is a Jewish religious holiday observed on the 10th day of the lunar month of Tishri (which occurs in September or October).
Oct 27, 2009 · Yom Kippur is the most important Jewish holiday, marking the end of the 10 Days of Awe and the day of judgment. Learn about its origins, rituals, fasting, prayers and symbols from HISTORY.
Sep 24, 2023 · Yom Kippur is the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar, when people ask for God's forgiveness for the past year. Learn what it means, when it is, how people mark it with fasting, white clothing and synagogue services, and test your knowledge with a quiz.
Yom Kippur is the day on which we are instructed to divorce ourselves as completely as humanly possible from the mundane world in which we live, in order to devote ourselves with all our hearts and minds to our relationship with the Divine.
