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(CNN) — Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is considered the holiest day of the year for people who practice Judaism. The holiday technically spans two calendar days, because the Jewish calendar is ...

America’s Day of Atonement. This past weekend, the Jewish world observed Yom Kippur. Our Day of Atonement. It is a day of repentance, confession of personal sins and a prayer that each of us will “be ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, is known as the Day of Atonement. The holiday is observed with a nearly 26-hour fast and five distinct prayer services. Yom Kippur marks the end of the 10 days ...

(RNS) — Yom Kippur offers a way out of the silos of mutual mistrust and anger that animate not only Jewish communal life but the broader American body politic. (RNS) — Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement ...

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Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah. But what is ...

Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is a solemn holiday for reflection, repentance, and fasting. It marks the end of the High Holy Days, which begin with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Yom Kippur always begins 10 days after Rosh Hashana, lasting roughly from sundown on one night until sundown on the next night. This year it began on Wednesday, Sept. 15. The earliest it can ever fall ...