Yom Kippur primarily centers around atonement and repentance. While the majority of the day involves prayer, a larger portion of the observation includes fasting. Jewish people have to refrain ...

(Mass Appeal) - We're in the throes of the Jewish High Holiday season with Rosh Hashannah happening last week and Yom Kippur beginning this Friday evening. Rabbi Yakov Wolff, Outreach Director at ...

In brief, Rosh Yehudi (translated “Jewish head”), an organization ... egalitarian service took place at the end of Yom Kippur. The Neilah prayer that closes Yom Kippur started with 20 ...

It is the most sacred and solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Atonement means to put things right. That day is about people putting things right with God through prayers and sacrifice. Yom Kippur ...

The holy rebbe, Rav Yisroel of Ruzhin, adds that Purim is even more, for while on Yom Kippur Hashem forgives only with teshuva, repentance, on Purim He forgives as soon as we ask Him, as it says, Kol ...

Jewish people all over the world ... Awe'), a 10-day period which ends with the holiday of Yom Kippur, and is usually celebrated with prayers, candle lighting and delicious food.

High Holy Days: A term often used to describe the holidays falling during the Hebrew month of Tishrei (often overlapping with September and October), the High Holy Days/Holidays include Rosh Hashanah, ...

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is set to begin this week, and it comes a little later than last year's holiday. The holiday, which also can be spelled Rosh Hashanah, marks the beginning of the ...

“The Jewish people wanted to unite on Yom Kippur to ask for forgiveness ... left-wing protesters disturbed Jews in their moment of prayer. It seems there are no boundaries, norms or limits ...