Services are available for children, families, and adults. It is the holiest day of the Jewish year. We invite the entire community to observe Yom Kippur at Rockdale Temple. Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrei. It is a fast day filled with intense prayer.
Yom Kippur also encourages families to pause and really be in the moment. Healthy adults are commanded to refrain from eating and drinking from sunset to sunset to remind us of the frailty of the human body and our own mortality. Traditionally, Jews spend the holiday fasting and reflecting on sins committed over the past year. Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish Year. Yom Kippur commemorates the day Moses came down from Mount Sinai after seeking God’s divine forgiveness for the Israelites who sinned against him by worshipping a golden calf idol. It begins at sundown Tuesday, October 4, 2022, and ends Wednesday evening, October 5th the last of the ten days of penitence that began with Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). It begins at sundown Tuesday, October 4, 2022, and ends Wednesday evening, October 5th the last of the ten days of penitence that began with Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). Yom Kippur translates from Hebrew to English as Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur is the holiest, most important day of the year in Judaism, known as the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur concludes with a final blowing of the shofar and breaking the fast with family and friends! Yom Kippur is the holiest, most important day of the year in Judaism, known as the Day of Atonement. It is during this time that we focus on what I fondly refer to as the three Ts namely, teshuvah, tefillah and tzedakah (the alliteration is just a bonus). This period is called Yamim Noraim or Days of Awe, and can be found in the Jerusalem Talmud dating back to the 4th to 5th century CE. It is only a floating holiday in respect to the Gregorian Calendar. During the 10 days between the beginning of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we have a sacred mission to be our best selves. Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Jewish Calendar.
Yom Kippur begins with the Kol Nidre service (in Hebrew, “all vows”) and continues on to a 25-hour period of fasting and worship, during which many wear white to symbolize purity and the spiritual cleansing of the holy day. Yom Kippur is so holy, we get 10 days to prepare. A festival once marked by sacrificial practice has been modernized into a day of reflection and repentance, fasting and forgiveness, and ushering in a clean slate for the New Year ahead.
It has undergone significant change due to the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. Yom Kippur, which translates to “day of atonement”, is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, comprise the “High Holy Days” of the Jewish calendar, and are the festivals that begin the new Jewish year. Yom Kippur 2020 will begin at sundown on September 27 and conclude September 28 at sundown.