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 ...

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.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Those that have not are in many cases limiting attendance to members only, making in-person prayer ... 15, before Yom Kippur begins that evening. Pegged to the lesser-known Jewish holiday of ...

A Yom Kippur machzor translated into Portuguese will be distributed to Jews in Brazil’s Amazon. (JTA) — A Yom Kippur machzor translated into Portuguese will be distributed to Jews in Brazil ...