The holiest day of the year in Judaism begins on Wednesday, Oct. 1, just before sunset. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and it lasts about 26 hours or until nightfall on Thursday. Yom ...

On Friday at sunset, the holiest day of the year in Judaism begins. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and it lasts about 25 hours or until nightfall on Saturday. Yom Kippur comes at the ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year on the Jewish calendar, starts Friday night at sundown. It’s the Day of Atonement when Jews repent for sins and seek forgiveness for wrongs they may have ...

The observance of Yom Kippur is central to Jewish tradition and is marked by a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. The day is the culmination of the Ten Days of Repentance, which begins ...

While gentiles and non-Jews are likely familiar with more "mainstream" Jewish Holidays, like Hanukkah and Passover, they may not be as familiar with one of the most important days of the year in ...

Yom Kippur is quite properly viewed as a somber day of introspection. The Torah reinforces this perspective when declaring that on the Day of Atonement, we are to “afflict [te’anu] our souls” ...

Beginning at sunset today, Jews celebrate Yom Kippur, the holiest day of their year. Many Jews commonly spend the day in prayer in their synagogue. According to Leviticus 16:29 in the Bible, using the ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) On Friday at sunset, the holiest day of the year in Judaism begins. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and it ...