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let’s see here Jew Holiday Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement.

October 4-5, 2022 – Yom Kippur begins at sunset on October 4th and ends at dusk on October 5th.

The Day of Atonement is considered the most important and sacred of the Jewish religious holidays. It falls on his tenth day in the Jewish lunar month Tishrei.

The dates on the Jewish calendar known as the “Ten Days of Repentance” happy new year (New Year) and ends with Yom Kippur.

In Yom Kippur, Jews atone for their sins of the past year. They ask God and others for forgiveness.

It is a day of fasting, repentance and worship. In addition to refraining from eating and drinking, those who observe the holiday do not bathe, do not wear leather shoes or gold jewelry, and do not form intimate relationships with their spouses.

Services during Yom Kippur are continuous throughout the day and include the recitation of the Torah and the recitation of the Prayer of Repentance.

Yom Kippur prayers conclude with a closing prayer and the blowing of the shofar, a ceremonial instrument carved from the horn of a ram.