Friday, October 7, 2011

Yom Kippur


Tonight is the start of Yom Kippur.

יוֹם כִּפּוּר is the holiest and most solemn day of the year. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known as Days of Awe.

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