The Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur
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Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish year. This is the day when Jews make sure that they have righted any wrongs and made their apologies for any grievances they may have committed in the past year…
The date for Yom Kippur varies each year. This is because Jewish Holidays are celebrated based on the Lunar Calendar, not the Gregorian Calendar. Yom Kippur begins at sundown on the first day and completes at nightfall the next day.
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Falling on the tenth day of the High Holy Days, between Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot, Yom Kippur is also known as the Day of Atonement. Jews fast from sunset to sunset, pray in the synagogue, and think of ways to help make the world a better place.
Forgiveness is not only asked from those who have been wronged, but it is also asked from God, for the sins of the previous year. According to tradition, each person’s fate for the upcoming year is written by God in the Book of Life. He writes this on Rosh Hashanah, but waits until Yom Kippur to ‘seal the fate,’ allowing time for the person to amend their behavior and seek forgiveness. It is common to spend the entire day in synagogue on this day.
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