YOM KIPPUR ARRIVES; JEWISH OBSERVANCE TO START AT SUNDOWN.Byline: Holly Andres Daily News Staff Writer At sundown tonight, Southland Jews will observe 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. , the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar Jewish calendar n. The lunisolar calendar used to mark the events of the Jewish year, dating the creation of the world at 3761 b.c. See Table at calendar. Noun 1. . Also, known as the Day of Atonement Day of Atonement n. See Yom Kippur. [Translation of Hebrew yôm kippûr.] Day of Atonement Noun same as Yom Kippur Noun 1. , Yom Kippur is a movable holy day falling either in September or October. Observant Jews over the age of 13 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 ( all liquids and food for 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock" around the clock, round the clock from sundown to sundown. Children under the age of 13 are not expected to fast nor anyone who is ill or physically unable. Jews do not go to work or school on this day. At home, Jews eat a festive, nonspicy meal. In a reverse from other holidays, the holiday candles are lit after eating. Parents also use the occasion to bless their children. It is also customary at home to light a special candle in memory of deceased loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl called a yahrzeit, or memorial candle, which is allowed to burn for 24 hours without extinguishing. The evening service in a synagogue is known as the Kol Nidre (All Vows) service. The prayers said at this time have a communal confession theme. ``While Jews are enjoined to ask for forgiveness daily for their personal sins, Yom Kippur is the one day of the year where we collectively come before God and ask for forgiveness for our sins and for the sins of all humanity,'' said Rabbi E. Robert Kraus of Temple Beth Torah of Granada Hills. Services will continue in the synagogue most of the following day and one final, long blast of the shofar, or ram's horn, is heard to mark the end of the afternoon service and the end of 10 days of repentance that began the evening of Oct. 1 with Rosh Hashana. |
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