Yom kipurWidely considered as the holiest day Jewish The calendar is seen a week after the Jewish New Year.
This important festival is marked by a day -long fast, during which Jewish people are encouraged to reflect on the previous year.
Fasting serves as a period for repentance for any offense and further desires a healthy and prosperous year.
Here is everything that we know about Yom kipur,
when is it?
This year, Yom Kippur begins during the evening of Wednesday 1 October and ends during the evening of Thursday 2 October.
Fast, which is observed for about 25 hours, begins on 1 October just before sunset and ends the next day after the night.
On the Jewish Lunisolar calendar, the ninth day of the month of Yom Kippur, Tishray begins and ends on the tenth day.
According to the Jewish calendar, Tishrei is the first month of the citizen and the seventh month of the year.
This occurs at the end of “10 days after”, a period that begins with the Jewish New Year celebration, Rosh Hashnah.
What is the significance of this?
In Hebrew, “yom” means “day” and “kipur” means “to atone”, which is why observation is often called “day of atonement”.
The day of repentance is marked with an annual fast, which starts and ends with a feast.
The Jewish education site states, “Fasting is an opportunity for each of us to inspect Yom Kippur in the most personal way.” Learning my Jew,
“Fasting on Yom Kippur offers the key to our internal awakening.”
As Jewish beliefOn Rosh Hashnah, Hashham (God) writes the name of every person in special books, “righteous” is being written in the book of life and “evil” is being written in the book of death.
It is believed that the names are written in books on a temporary basis, God has given his final decision on YOM KIppur.
For the Jewish organization, a rabbi said, “In reality, most of us are neither completely good or bad. We are like 50/50, so we have a few more days as long as Yome Kipur has tipped the scales,” tells a rabbi to the Jewish organization. Ash,
How is it remembered?
On Yom Kipping, the Jewish people go to the synagogue to listen and participate in prayer services.
The beginning of Yom Kippur is marked with the recurrence of a prayer service called Cole Nidre, which is in Sundown on the eve of the festival.
“The irony is that this is not really a prayer, but a statement. A statement that relates to promises, vows and other types of oral commitments, which is usually created during the year,” Orthodox Jewish Organization Chabad States.
On a specific day, three prayer services are conducted in the synagogue.
However, on the day of atonement, an additional two prayer services are recited.
During services, special routes are read from Tora and “Vidui” – the statement – is chanting.
A special monument prayer called “called”Duty“Yom is also recited in the synagogue on Kippur.
Prayer is seen in memory of relatives and friends who have passed away.
When the Jews visit the synagogue on the day of observation, it is customary to wear white as a symbol of atonement and purity.
Those who are devotees can also avoid participating in activities like electricity, driving, washing or wearing leather.
The end of fasting is marked by the blowing of the shower, an ancient musical instrument is usually made from a Ram’s horn.
The launch is flown on the Rosh Hashnah and every morning of the month of Elul, which is before the Jewish New Year.