Yom Kippur will begin at sundown on Sunday night, September 27, 2009, and continue throughout the day on Monday, September 28.

In 2010, Yom Kippur is celebrated from sunset, September 27 to nightfall, September 28.

The book of Yonah (Jonah) is read during Mincha (the afternoon prayers) of Yom Kippur.

The Jews celebrate Yom Kippur and Hanukkah.

Absolutely. One may and should study Torah on Yom Kippur. The only day that there are some restrictions on learning certain portions of Torah is on Tisha B'av when we are in mourning over the descruction of the temple. Thus, it is inappropriate on Tisha B'av to study portions that make one happy.

In 2011, in the Hebrew year 5772, Yom Kippur begins in the evening of Friday, October 7, and ends the following evening, Saturday, October 8.

The times depend on the time of local sunset, which varies across a time zone,

and even across a single large metropolitan area. A rabbi in the city of interest,

or a publication from the Jewish community there, should be consulted.

The sunset for New York on Saturday, October 8 is predicted at 6:27 p.m. and the 25 hour fast ends approximately 7:30 p.m.

In 1962, Yom Kippur was on October 8th. It was a Monday.

yom kipper has always been around ever since the Torah was given on sinai

Jews observe the holiday of Yom Kippur, a 25 hour fast with no food or water and a day of prayer.

Because it is commanded in the Torah.

Yom Kippur, day of atonement in Judaism (Leviticus ch.23) allows followers to repent to God for wrongdoing or sins. During the services, prayers are said and the congregants ask God for forgiveness. The slate is then wiped clean and after fasting and much prayer and introspection a fresh start is made, promising an effort to live a more proper, respectful, generous life that includes charity, kindness and obedience to God. These kinds of prayers could be the kind of opportunity in our society to change a lost soul into a positive contributing individual. Similar to the cycle of the seasons, every person is entitled to the opportunity of renewal.

Yom Kippur is Sunday the 27th of September 2009 Yom Kippur began a little before sunset on Sunday evening 9/27/09,
and ended a little around sunset on Monday evening 9/28/09.

There will be another one next year, (but not on the same civil dates).

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The most obvious similarity is that all three involve fasting, abstaining from certain types of food or from eating at certain times. During Yom Kippur, Jews fast for 25 hours; during Lent Christians will not eat milk, eggs and other foods (which are used up to make pancakes the day before Lent begins) - some Christians abstain from all animal products during this period, while others fast for a portion of it and during Ramadan Muslims maintain a strict fast - during which nothing must pass the lips, effectively banning them from drinking and smoking too - between dawn and nightfall.

Another similarity - the one I suspect the question refers to if it forms a part of your school homework - is that all three festivals focus on repentance, self-cleansing and absolving oneself in the eyes of G-d. Jews spend the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur putting right any sins they have committed in the previous year and taking steps to better themselves so that they will not commit those sins again, then spend Yom Kippur deep in prayer so that G-d will forgive them; Christians, through prayer, charity, penitance and self-denial, solmnly prepare themseves spirtiually for Easter when they remember the death and rebirth of Christ and Muslims use Ramadan as an opportunity to focus on enlightenment and spiritual cleansing, taking a step back from their everyday lives in order to strengthen the link between themselves and Allah.

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David Elazar "Dado" was the leading Israeli Military Chief of Staff during the Yom Kippur War and was primarily responsible for Israel's tactical victory in the Yom Kippur War despite the original surprise.

Golda Meir was Prime Minister and Moshe Dayan was Defense Minister during the war.

Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur was created in 1878.

Yom kippur is the Hebrew day of atonement and it is a worldwide event.

If, as has been variously reported, William Levy's father, or just his maternal grandfather, are/were Jewish, then William Levy is not Jewish. In order to be Jewish, one must either be born from a Jewish woman (i.e., a woman who either was born Jewish, or who converted) or convert, or ). You cannot inherit Judaism from your father.

There is no feast related to atoning for our mistakes in Judaism. The holiday that focuses on atoning for our mistakes of the previous year is Yom Kippur. During this holiday, Jews fast (no food or water, no bathing, no sex, no work) for 25 hours and spend the day in synagogue praying.

Syria and Egypt failed in their attempt to destroy Israel, and in their attempt to re-gain territories held by Israel since the six-day war. However, though the Israelis held their lines, significant damage was done. The stalemate demonstrated by the war, lead to the peace between Israel and Egypt brokered at the end of the 1970s.