That day is about people putting things right with God through prayers and sacrifice. Yom Kippur is a day to reflect on the past year and ask God's forgiveness for any sins. Instead of work or ...

This year, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that a gender-segregated prayer service could ... “The Jewish people wanted to unite on Yom Kippur to ask for forgiveness, atonement and unity among ...

Those that have not are in many cases limiting attendance to members only, making in-person prayer inaccessible ... about the forgiveness and repentance themes of Yom Kippur.

A time of prayer, the holiday ... "The purpose of Yom Kippur is to effect individual and collective purification by the practice of forgiveness of the sins of others and by sincere repentance ...

It is marked at the start by the blowing of the shofar (a ram’s horn trumpet) and signalling the start of the ten days of penitence, prayer and introspection culminating in Yom Kippur.