It is a reminder of the frailty of human existence and of the duty to act charitably toward the less fortunate. Those sins committed against their fellow man require that Jews seek forgiveness personally from those they have offended as well as from God.ДЇasting on Yom Kippur is a physical act meant to prod Jews on to spiritual matters. Judaism insists, however, that repenting, fasting, and praying atone only for those sins between man and God.

Yom Kippur is a day of inner purification and of reconciliation with God and fellow human beings. Learn more about the meaning of Yom Kippur with our downloadable Bible Study. An entirely different synagogue liturgy is used every year only on this day. Дuring the 24-hour period of Yom Kippur, Jews fulfill this biblical commandment to deny themselves by fasting from food and water, engaging in intense soul-searching, and praying for forgiveness.ДЇrom the evening of the holiday until sundown the following day (except for the few hours when they go home to sleep), Jews are in the synagogue beseeching God for forgiveness and reflecting upon the course of their lives. It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves it is a lasting ordinanceвЂќ (Leviticus 16:29вЂ“32). Then, before the LORD, you will be clean from all your sins. вЂњThis is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work-whether native-born or an alien living among you-because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. It is the holiest day of the Jewish year or, as the Bible describes it, the вЂњSabbath of Sabbaths.вЂќ The Bible states, This day marks the culmination of the High Holy Days or Ten Days of Repentance, which began ten days earlier with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur offers Jews the final opportunity of the holy season to repent of their sins. Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is observed on the tenth day of the month of Tishrei on the Hebrew calendar, which falls in September or October on the Gregorian calendar (the calendar in common use throughout the world). Watch now as Fellowship President and CEO Yael Eckstein explains the significance of the most holy day on the Jewish calendar and how it is observed in Israel and around the world. Use our resources below to learn more about this biblically mandated observance. It marks the final opportunity to repent before God before the Book of Life is sealed for another year. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish year and is the culmination of the High Holy Days, which began at sundown on September 15th with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

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