Yom Kippur

It was called the yom kippur war because the Arabs attacked on the Jewish Holiday called yom kippur

Fasting on Yom Kippur doesn't apply to anyone with health problems.

Some of the proper greetings are listed below. I encourage others to add to this list:

L'Shanah Tova - "to a good year"

Khatima Tova - "a good "sealing" [in the book of life]

Tzom Kal - "a light fast"

Yom Kippur or literally "Day of Covering" or "Day of Atonement" is a day for afflicting our souls. It is a day of repentance. A time for a self "audit" on our own lives, where we stand together as a community in introspection.

It is oberved with fasting and prayer.

1, Eat or drink (except in the case of children and anybody whose health might suffer as a result). 2. Wear leather shoes. 3. Wash. 4. Wear perfume or use lotions. 5. Engage in sexual relations.

Yom Kippur ends shortly after local sunset. This year (2009), it will be on Monday, September 28. The exact time after sunset varies according to the custom and practice of each synagogue or community, as allowed within the bounds of Jewish law. This is exactly the type of question for which a rabbi is consulted.

The Yom Kippur War in 1973 had significant effects on the United States, primarily in terms of its foreign policy and energy crisis. The U.S. became more deeply involved in Middle Eastern affairs, leading to increased military and diplomatic support for Israel. Additionally, the war prompted OPEC to impose an oil embargo, which resulted in a severe energy crisis in the U.S., causing fuel shortages and economic turmoil that influenced domestic policies and energy conservation efforts.

Actually, is's not - but it is nevertheless very, very important (it's definitely the second most important) as it's the day when observant Jews believe G-d takes a long, hard look at how they have behaved over the last year and what they have done during the ten days since Rosh Hashanah to put right any sins or wrongs committed. If a person has truly tried to make amends, they can consider themselves absolved with G-d. This is considered so important that there are many Jewish people who don't attend a synagogue on any other day but always make it for the Yom Kippur services.

The most important is Shabbat, which of course falls weekly, as it commemorates G-d's creation of the Universe and provides an escape from everyday labours and time to spend with that most important concept among Jewish people, the family.

well america israel and even in the uk people celabrate the jewish festivel 'YOM KIPPUR'

Henry Kissinger

Answer this question… Egypt and Syria launched surprise attacks on Israel.

Yom Kippur (Leviticus ch.23) is the Jewish day of repentance, considered to be the holiest and most solemn day of the year. Its central theme is atonement and reconciliation. Eating, drinking, washing, cosmetics, wearing leather shoes, and conjugal relations are prohibited (Mishnah, Yoma 8:1). Fasting - total abstention from all food and drink - usually begins a half an hour before sundown (called "tosefet Yom Kippur," the "addition" of fasting a bit of the previous day is required by Jewish law), and ends during the following twilight.

A recurrent motif in the Yom Kippur liturgy is that of confession (vidui). The idea is that without soul-searching and verbal articulation of one's misdeeds, there can be no real personal improvement. An important feature of Yom Kippur is the belief that true repentance (regret for past misdeeds and a commitment to future improvement) is followed by God's forgiveness. Of course, in cases when another person has been harmed that person's forgiveness needs to be obtained first.

Contrary to popular belief, Yom Kippur is not a sad day.

Sephardic Jews (Jews of Spanish, Portuguese and North African descent) refer to this holiday as "the White Fast." Consequently, many Jews have the custom of wearing only white clothing on this day, to symbolize the "white": striving towards purity from sin, akin to angels.

Yom Kippur is considered the most holy of Jewish holidays and its observance is held even among the majority of secular Jews who may not strictly observe other holidays. Many secular Jews will fast and attend synagogue on Yom Kippur, and attendance on Yom Kippur can be double or triple the normal number of worshipers. In Israel, public non-observance (such as eating or driving a motor vehicle) is virtually unheard of. Yom Kippur there has the nickname "Festival of Bicycles," referring to children's practice of freely riding their bicycles in the streets without motor vehicles presenting danger. In Israel on Yom Kippur there is no broadcast television, no public transportation and the airports are closed. There is no commerce of any kind in the Jewish areas.

Only Jewish courts are closed on Yom Kippur.

During Yom Kippur, adult Jews fast for 25 hours, this fast means no food or water. We refrain from all work and spend the day in synagogue atoning for our mistakes of the previous year and asking HaShem to seal us in the book of good for the upcoming year. Once Yom Kippur ends, we break our fast with family and friends.

September 26, 1974.

Just for the sake of clarity, the Yom Kippur War started on October 6, 1973. The date mentioned above was a peaceful Yom Kippur.

The Day of Attonement.

No. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the

"10 Days of Awe". It's a period of reflection.

In Israel, Egypt, and Syria. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel by surprise; at the beginning of the war, when Israel was losing, the Syrians had pushed through most of the Golan Heights* (destroying nearly every civilian structure they came across and menacing the most populated part of Israel, which is right below the Golan), while the Egyptians had overwhelmed Israeli defenses along the Suez Canal and entered the Sinai Peninsula**. (It should be noted that while the Golan is still Israeli territory, the Sinai has now been returned to Egypt.) By the end of the war, however, when Israel (with indirect US aid) had turned the tide, Israeli forces had entered Syria and menaced Damascus, while crossing the Suez, cutting off most of the Egyptian army, and approaching Cairo. The war ended when the USSR, an Egyptian ally, threatened to use nuclear weapons on Israel. Even though Israel at the time had just begun its own nuclear program, it did not want to disclose that fact, and probably didn't have the delivery systems to adequately deter the USSR anyway.

*Territory in Northwestern Israel captured from Syria in 1967.

**A large swath of biblically-mentioned desert captured from Egypt in 1967.

It was a war that started with a surprise attack against Israel from its Arab neighbors including Egypt and Syria. The US intervened to supply arms to Israel and soviet Russia supplied arms to the Arabs.

Yom Kippur is a Jewish holiday known as the day of atonement. It's not a national holiday in America, but Jewish owned businesses, schools and organizations will most likely be closed on the day.

Nothing wrong with that, but it isn't customary. You could say, "May you be sealed in the book of life," or "Have an easy fast."

I think it is nicest to say "Have a meaningful fast".

Lent is a Christian spring time holiday. Yom Kippur is a Jewish fall holiday. There is absolutely no link whatsoever between the two holidays.