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September 21, 2007

Yom Kippur begins tonight at sundown

Sundown tonight marks the beginning of what some consider the most important Jewish holiday.

Yom Kippur comes ten days after Rosh Hashanah, it is a day of atonement, and considered a complete Sabbath: no work, no eating, and no drinking anything until the holiday is complete, at nightfall tomorrow.

The holiday is also marked by the blowing of the Shofar, an instrument strongly associated with Rosh Hashanah.

Many will spend most of Saturday in praying in Synagogue, atoning for the sins of the previous year.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 1:04 PM | Permalink

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