Yom Kippur
is the second holiday in the Jewish calendar, falling ten days after Rosh Hashanah at sometime in September or October. The two Hebrew words mean "day of" (yom) atonement (kippur). It's a solemn day of fasting from sundown to sundown, during which people contemplate their actions from the past year and pray to God for forgiveness of their sins. |
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How many days?
As all other Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur starts at sundown. As a day of fasting, it lasts 25 hours, concluding when three stars appear at the end of the second day. There are liberal congregations that end around 5 or 6pm.
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