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Yom Kippur involves 25 hours of fasting and prayer, with many Jewish people abstaining from work and physical pleasures during this Day of Atonement.
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Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown
Yom Kippur begins at sundown Wednesday, with observant Jews fasting and seeking forgiveness for their sins, with law enforcement being on their customary heightened alert against possible threats to the Jewish community. According to Jewish tradition, Yom Kippur is the day Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the second set of commandment tablets — he had smashed the first — and announced God’s pardon to the people for worshipping a golden calf…
When It is Medically Required to Eat on Yom Kippur
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Sometimes, both the doctor and the Rav will tell a person not to fast on Yom Kippur. Under such circumstances, one must reach out to one’s Posaik or Rav as to what to do. For those who cannot reach their Rav, however, what follows are the emergency amounts that one may […]
This Wednesday evening begins the Yom Kippur, the most solemn and sacred day of the Jewish calendar. Also known as the Sabbath, it is a day dedicated to introspection, forgiveness and atonement, which concludes with the sound of the shofar – a ram horn – and the end of a fast that lasts 25 hours. Yom Kippur is considered a biblical commandment. According to Samuel Garzón, the chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Barcelona, it is "a day of forg…
Yom Kippur will be celebrated this year by the Jewish community from October 1 to 2. This great feast of the Hebrew calendar, also known as the Day of Great Forgiveness, gathers all the Jews in a time of repentance and return to God.
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