Rosh Hashanah in 2025 will begin at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and continue through nightfall on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

Thousands have flocked to the Western Wall Plaza for prayer and thanksgiving in the past day after the conclusion of Israel's war with Iran and the removal of gathering restrictions by the Home Front ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

If Yom Kippur demands one thing of us, it’s an acknowledgment of our fragile grasp on life. At the center of the holiday is a reading, Unetaneh Tokef, that imagines – literally – how any ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, begins at sundown on Friday. Here's what the Jewish holiday honors and how it is celebrated.

Forty days before Yom Kippur, practicing believers begin blowing the shofar, a special horn, every morning and reciting the Bible's Psalm 27 following their morning and afternoon prayers.

Yom Kippur, also known as the “Day of Atonement,” is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. As one of the High Holy Days, Yom Kippur is filled with prayer, fasting and services at synagogues ...

Yom Kippur is typically celebrated with a day of reflection, prayer and fasting. Followers of the Jewish faith attend religious services and do not eat from sundown to sundown.

(RNS) — Hurricane Helene inundated Asheville and wiped out homes, businesses and roads. Rabbis canceled the evening Yom Kippur prayers but will hold modified services during the day.

In the Yom Kippur service, Jews seek forgiveness from God and fellow humans — a spirit that mirrors this commandment. Jesus echoes this in Matthew 5:23-24: “First go and be reconciled to them ...

Yom Kippur translates from Hebrew to English as the "Day of Atonement." Here's everything to know about when and how the Jewish holiday is celebrated.