you fast and pray and beg g-d to forgive you for all sins you committed during the year whether it was intentionally or not
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Yom Kippur is a day of Solemn Assembly. We do not eat, drink, wear leather shoes, or have sex. We gather in groups at the Synagogue to pray in our Language of Hebrew. We also observe the Laws of Shabbat from sunset the day before Yom Kippur until after dark on Yom Kippur. Among other things, the Laws of Shabbat forbid driving cars, handling fire or electrical apparatus, etc.
They fast, and spend most of the day at their synagogues.
Jews pray to God, and fast from sundown until twilight about 25 hours later.
For Jewish people Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year. They spend most of the day in synagogue services. They spend a 25 hour period fasting and in intensive prayer.
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Only in years where Yom Kippur happens to fall on Shabbat (Saturday). Otherwise, no.
Jews don't have churches - they have synagogues, and yes, they go to synagogue during Yom Kippur.
No
The book of Yonah (Jonah) is read during Mincha (the afternoon prayers) of Yom Kippur.
Yes, it is.
The Day of Atonement is Yom Kippur (Leviticus ch.23). This is the holiest day in Judaism and the day where even secular Jews attend synagogue. On Yom Kippur, Jewish people fast from all food and drinks for a complete 25hrs, starting just before sunset the previous day.
Jewish Mexicans do Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur
The pronounciation of yom kippur is yum-kipp-her.
Yom Kippur is not a person or a country, it is a holiday. The Egyptians chose to invade Israel on Yom Kippur because of its solemnity. They expected the Israelis to be unprepared on Yom Kippur, which was indeed the case.
First, we want to make sure that you don't think that Yom Kippur is a month. Yom Kippur is a single day, in the Hebrew month of Tishrei. Elul (אלול) is the month preceding Tishrei and all the days in it, including Yom Kippur.
Jewish Mexicans celebrate Yom Kippur.