1) Hebrew fast day 2) Jewish Day of Atonement 3) Jewish holiday
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Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר, IPA, or {Hebrew|יום הכיפורים}), also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jewish people traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending...
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most solemn of Jewish religious holidays, observed on the 10th day of the lunar month of Tishri (in the course of September and October), when Jews ... [15 related articles]
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Jewish high holy day, or `day of awe`, held on the tenth day of Tishri (September-October), the first month of the Jewish year. It is a day of fasting, penitence, and cleansing from sin,...
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the Day of Atonement, fast day falling on 10 Tishrei and climaxing the Days of Awe
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Day of Atonement. Fast day occurring on the tenth day after Rosh Hashannah; a solemn day of Tefillah and Teshuva.
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The most solemn religious fast of the Jewish year. It is the last day of 10 that begin with Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana).
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Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar, occurring always on Tishri 10th, corresponding with the end of September. It is a full fast day of 24 hours, observed from sunset to star-rise of the following day, in which neither food nor drink is taken, in accordance with Biblical command. It was observed in ancient ti...
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A Jewish holiday 10 days after the Jewish New Year that entails a 25-hour fast day from dusk until nightfall the following day. It also is known as the Day of Atonement, where Jews seek atonement from God for past sins. It is considered one of the most solemn Jewish holidays, and synagogues are often very crowded on this day (Hinnells 1991
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n] - (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day
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Day of Atonement and a time for repenting and fasting.
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Day of Atonement noun (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
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Jewish high holy day, or `day of awe`, held on the tenth day of Tishri (September–October), the first month of the Jewish year. It is a day of fasting, penitence, and cleansing from sin, ending the ten days of penitence that follow Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
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Literally Day of Atonement. A day set aside for fasting, depriving oneself of pleasures, and repenting from the sins of the previous year.
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a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue. Also called
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