Yom Kippur
Dates, prayers, history and more.
With beautiful animation to accompany.
Yes, these five families are Jewish, too.
The Jewish festivals are more than food and family gatherings. They are both spiritually profound, and more relevant to our lives today than most people realize.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
They just think no Rabbi is listening
Yom Kippur has only one purpose: rest. In this respect it joins the other festivals of Passover (Pesach), Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), Festival of Booths (Succot), and the first day of the seventh month (Rosh Hashana). Here is the traditional translation.