Those who observe Yom Kippur spend the bulk of the day, which will start at sundown on Wednesday and go through sundown on Thursday, in synagogue, where they engage in five different prayer services.

As well as fasting, Jews across the world will mark the holiest day of the Jewish calendar with intensive reciting of prayers. Yom Kippur, known as the Day of Atonement, will begin this year at ...

In Sephardic communities, the Yom Kippur prayers open with this ancient piyyut composed by Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra. The custom is also to recite it in the last moments of life, if a person is able ...

In Sephardic communities, the Yom Kippur prayers open with this ancient piyyut composed by Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra. The custom is also to recite it in the last moments of life, if a person is able ...

For Ina Winer, 75, Yom Kippur always has been a somber day, a time to atone and take stock of her life.But this year solemnity has turned into despair as she approaches the holiest of days with ...

Yom Kippur 2019 prayers: Kol Nidre, meaning All Vows is part of the first prayer service (Image: GETTY) “Because of the seriousness with which the Jewish tradition views verbal promises, the Kol ...

Segregated Yom Kippur prayers spark slurs and bitterness, not atonement, in Tel Aviv Angry tussles mar Judaism’s holiest day, as Orthodox and secular tensions hit a boiling point at court-barred ...

Yom Kippur could also serve as a model for a National Day of Prayer. Not to co-opt it, but as a model. Jews have been observing it for thousands of years — long before Harry Truman designated a ...

Secular activists take down a gender divider made of Israeli flags that was set up by the Rosh Yehudi group at a public prayer service in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, September 24, 2023.

Yom Kippur, the most solemn and sacred date on the Jewish calendar, is usually a day of unity for Jewish Israelis. Highways empty, shops close and transport networks shut down, as nonobservant ...

Yom Kippur observers spend the bulk of the holiday in a synagogue participating in five separate prayer services. Some observers also might abstain from using cell phones or other forms of technology.