yom kippur
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for most Jews
There is no single 'holiest' day of the year . . . there are different holiest days for different religions.
Yom Kippur also known as the days of Atonement is the holiest day of the year for Jews .
Yom Kippur.
No. Yiddish is a language. Yiddish is spoken primarily by Eastern European Jews. The language is a hybrid of German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Hebrew. Concerning what is the holiest day in Judaism is, Jews disagree. There is the stance that every Shabbat (every Saturday) is the holiest day in Judaism. There is also the approach that Yom Kippur (a holiday that occurs sometime from mid-September to mid-October) is the holiest day of the year because of the capacity that Jews have on that day to atone for their sins before the Lord. Each of these two opinions has its merit and supporting arguments and each is true in a sense.
The holiday in question is YOM KIPPUR.
No, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year.
The holiest day of the week is Saturday, which Jews call the Sabbath, or Shabbat. As well, Jews are instructed to pray three times every day, so many synagogues schedule 3 services per day.
Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is called the holiest day in the Jewish year, during which we fast and pray at great length. However, in terms of relative stringency, the weekly Shabbat has greater holiness.
Shabbat (the Sabbath) is the holiest day. It occurs every week, from Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown. The second holiest day is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Well there is weekly Shabbat, which takes place Friday evening at sundown, up until Saturday sundown. Depending on how religious you are, people observe it differently. There are a myriad of holidays that take place during the year. The holiest day of the year for Jews is Yom Kippur which is a day of repentance where Jews fast for the entire day. Also when a boy or girl turns 13, they have a Bat Mitzvah, where they read from the Torah.
The city of Jerusalem, Israel, is considered the holiest place. Most synagogues are built to face toward Jerusalem.