DAY OF ATONEMENT TO START AT DUSK JEWS TO PRAY, REFLECT, FAST AROUND CLOCK AS HIGH HOLY SEASON CONCLUDES.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer To prepare for his round-the-clock fast for Yom Kippur Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness for sins committed during the year. that begins at sundown, kosher hamburger stand owner Shlomo Laniado will sit down this afternoon to a hearty bowl of chicken soup chicken soup Chicken broth Folk medicine Jewish penicillin A fowl broth with a long tradition as a home remedy for URIs, which may be a nasal decongestant, inhibit growth of pneumococci in vitro, and stimulate immune responsiveness in WBCs Mainstream medicine A . ``Yom Kippur. For me, personally, it's always a reminder of the Yom Kippur War Yom Kippur War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ,'' said the 53-year-old owner of Orange Delite in Sherman Oaks, who is an Israeli Army veteran of the 1973 conflict with Egypt and Syria. Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day the time between sunset and sunset. See also: Day of Atonement, starts at sundown today and ends 10 high holidays that began with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The most sacred and solemn day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur follows a week of reflection, of begging forgiveness for sins against God and man, of starting anew. From sundown today to just after sundown Saturday, observant Jews will abstain from abstain from verb refrain from, avoid, decline, give up, stop, refuse, cease, do without, shun, renounce, eschew, leave off, keep from, forgo, withhold from, forbear, desist from, deny yourself, kick ( food, drink, work and the use of electronic conveniences such as the Internet. To encourage prayer, Jews will also refrain from sex, bathing, perfume and leather shoes. ``It shouldn't be doom and gloom doom and gloom n. Gloom and doom. doom  -and-gloom adj. , but it's also not a barrel of laughs,'' said Rabbi Jeff Flom of Burbank Temple Emanu El, a conservative temple. ``The point is to wipe the slate clean. ``God forgives us if we have been forthright, open and sincere in our prayers and in asking for forgiveness and promise to be the best person we can be in the coming year.'' The first evening service, or Kol Nidre Kol Nidre: see Yom Kippur. Kol Nidre Prayer sung in Jewish synagogues at the start of services on the eve of Yom Kippur. The prayer begins with an expression of repentance for all unfulfilled vows, oaths, and promises to God during the previous year. - meaning ``all our vows'' - asks God to forgive any unkept promises to him. Sins will also be confessed aloud. This week, Avi Hecht, 22, of Valley Village, went to Lake Balboa and performed a tashlich ceremony and cast his sins upon the waters ``because the fish, they don't get affected by bad luck, or mazal.'' Hecht, kosher supervisor of Orange Delite, will savor kreplach krep·lach pl.n. Small pockets of noodle dough filled with ground meat or cheese, usually boiled and served in soups. [Yiddish kreplech, pl. soup before his fast. ``The truth is, you don't get hungry because you pray all day, with a two-hour break,'' said the Chabad of Tarzana member. Jeff Goss n. 1. Gorse. , 40, of Tarzana said the less you eat before the fast, the better. ``Being a Jew, waking up in the morning, looking into the mirror and asking yourself: Am I being the kind of person I need to be? Hopefully, next year will be better for everyone - more peace, more work, more prosperity for the world.'' Not all Jews, however, will honor the 25-hour fast. Herman Berman, brigadier of the Bagel Brigade of B'Nai B'Rith Encino Lodge, which passes out bagels and bread to the poor, said he must eat because of a medical condition. ``We're working on Yom Kippur,'' said Berman, 84, of Sherman Oaks. ``Do you think God would tell me to (fast) if I had a choice between helping to feed hungry people or going to pray? ``My religion is to help hungry people. ... I have to apologize to God for not working hard and not getting enough volunteers to help us.'' Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Avi Hecht, 22, who works at the kosher Orange Delite in Sherman Oaks, talks about his plans to observe Yom Kippur. John McCoy/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) GOSS |
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