Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur

Do you know Yom Kippur? Wikipedia.org describes that is Yom Kippur also known as the day of Atanement, is one of the holiest day of the year for Jewish.Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes "the Days of Awe").

Children under the age of 13 are not required to fast from sundown to sundown. For further info about Yom Kippur, click here.