Yom Kippur Yom Kippur is a Jewish Holy day where observant Jews fast from shortly before sundown on the eve of the holiday to about a half hour or so after the sun sets the following day. It's about a 25 hr fast.
Sunset is location-dependent, so the time is determined by exactly where you are and what the exact date is.
For Example Yom Kippur Sept 18th 2010:
In Israel, sunset was around 5:30 PM, the fast ended between 6 and 6:30 PM.
Yom Kippur ends when three stars come out (there is a big discussion of when that is). Yom Kippur 2009/5770 falls out on Sunday night and Monday. So it therefor ends Monday night when three stars come out.
10 Tishrei of every year.
Since the Hebrew Calendar is a Lunisolar calendar (as opposed to a purely solar calendar), 10 Tishrei does not always match up with the same day as the Gregorian Calendar and can fall anywhere from early-September to mid-October.
During twilight or at the end of twilight.
Has been practiced since ancient times, possibly for 3300 years. No exact date of origin is known, but it is described in the Torah in Leviticus.
26 October 1973
Either in September or October
At sundown.
At sundown.
Yom Kippur War happened on 1973-10-25.
It was called the yom kippur war because the Arabs attacked on the Jewish Holiday called yom kippur
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.
Henry Kissinger
The Yom Kippur war occurred in October of 1973, from October 6 to October 26.
1973
No.
An Egyptian Victory. Ismailia was recaptured by the Egyptian side and that's it. Not in Syria though.
Henry Kissinger
Yom Kipport occurs either at the end of Summer or the beginning of Fall, but there is no observance-related connection between Yom Kippur and any season.
No. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the "10 Days of Awe". It's a period of reflection.
Sundown