Yom Kippur

Virtually everything you need to know about Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar: How-To Guides, Essays and Insights, Prayer Service Overviews, Stories, Multimedia, and much more!

Sept. 28-30; Oct. 7-8, 2011

A celebration of our indestructible relationship with G‑d, it is the holiest day of the year, when we reconnect with our very essence, which remains faithful to G‑d regardless of our behavior.

On Yom Kippur we embrace. Our harmony is no longer a harmony of "should", but a harmony of "is". All is forgiven. At onement

Akedah: (lit. “the binding”); referring to the Biblical account of The Binding of Isaac. Al Chet: (lit. “for the sin”); a pro forma confession of sins in alphabetical order, recited on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Aliyah: (lit. “ascent”); the honor ...

Do you know where Kano is? Look it up on the map of Nigeria in West Africa

Could we possibly forgo the sounding of the shofar, which symbolizes the redemption of Israel? For me, it was unthinkable

The most sacred -- and mysterious -- ritual in the Holy Temple was the burning of the Ketoret, a specially prepared "incense" whose ingredients and manner of preparation was commanded to Moses at Sinai. The offering of the Ketoret in the "Holy of Holies" ...

The Torah describes Yom Kippur as achat bashanah, "once a year" -- a phrase which also translates as "the one of the year". The Chassidic masters explain: this is the annual point in time in which true oneness breaks the surface multiplicity and ...