![]() ![]() Portions of Deuteronomy are read in the morning service, and a selection from Leviticus and Genesis are read in the afternoon. Songs, religious customs, as well as prayers and readings from the Machzor, the special prayerbook are recited. There are several synagogue services throughout Yom Kippur. Fasting enables followers to stop their normal routine to refocus their attention to prayer and connecting spiritually with God. At sundown, the “soul is afflicted” by 25 hours of fasting-no drinking or eating. Both meals begin by dipping round challah bread into honey, as is customary on Rosh Hashanah. ![]() However, two traditional meals are enjoyed the day before the fast begins at sundown. Day of Fasting from Food and Workįeasts are replaced with fasting on this holiest of religious days. There are many traditions associated with Yom Kippur. Traditionally, the belief is that after judging a person by their deeds over the last year, God decides who will be sealed in the Book of Life (to live for another year) and who will die. Throughout the 10 Days of Awe (Repentance) leading up to Yom Kippur, those practicing Judaism have been reflecting on the personal aspects of the past year, deciding how to improve, seeking forgiveness and showing compassion to others. Yom means “day” in Hebrew, and Kippur means to atone (Day of Atonement). Yom Kippur commemorates the day Moses came down from Mount Sinai after seeking God’s divine forgiveness for the Israelites who sinned against him by worshipping a golden calf idol. Yom Kippur is the holiest, most important day of the year in Judaism, known as the “Day of Atonement.” It begins at sundown Sunday, September 24, 2023, and ends sundown Monday, September 25, 2023-the last of the ten days of penitence that began with Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). ![]()
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