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07:15PM

Yom Kippur

from 7:15pm Sun, 27 Sep 2020
to 7:15pm Mon, 28 Sep 2020

by Former HC Löwe
Posted: over 4 years ago
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Time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Reminder: None
Ends: 7:15pm Monday 28 September 2020 (duration is 1 day)

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services

Significance: Atonement for personal and national sins, fate of each person is sealed for the upcoming year

Observances: Fasting, prayer, abstaining from physical pleasures, refraining from work