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- DictionaryYom Kip·pur/ˌyôm kiˈpo͝or/
noun
- 1. the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish year, the last of the ten days of penitence that begin with Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year).
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 In Brief. What: Yom Kippur fast day is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to G‑d and to the essence of our souls. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement,” as the verse states, “For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G‑d.”1
May 8, 2024 · 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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Oct 27, 2009 · Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement—is considered the most important holiday in the Jewish faith. Falling in the month of Tishrei (September or October in the Gregorian calendar), it...
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.
Kol Nidrei. Food; Eating. Fasting. More... An easy-to-follow guide for Yom Kippur. Find out how to prepare for the holy day, the day’s rules and traditions, and read a brief overview of the day’s prayers.
While most of the holidays originating in the Bible have their logical place on the agricultural calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur do not necessarily fit that mold. The rabbis tell us that the 10 th of Tishrei was the day on which Moses completed and brought down the second set of commandments from Sinai, signifying that God had granted ...