MIAMI – Sundown on Tuesday marks the get started of Yom Kippur, Judaism’s day of atonement.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Customarily Jews devote the day fasting and inquiring God for forgiveness at prayer services.
The working day marks the conclusion of a 10-working day period that commenced with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new calendar year holiday break.
For devout Jews, Yom Kippur is the most solemn working day on the calendar where, according to tradition, God weighs people’s deeds and decides their fate for the future yr.
Those observing the holiday getaway chorus from food stuff and consume and adhere to prohibitions that ban do the job, applying electrical energy or operating any sort of machinery.
Yom Kippur will end Wednesday with a family meal wherever they crack the fast.
