Yom Kippur Prayers – What Is Yom Kippur ?

Yom Kippur Prayers – What is yom kippur ? Jews will celebrate Yom Kippur – widely considered the most important Jewish holidays – and conduct High Holiday. 8. September 1910 began the day Rosh Hashanah. While this day is the Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur is the day of introspection and atonement. “It’s interesting”, said Talve Arava, B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator of Temple Sinai in Palm Desert. “In fact, the beginning of new year and 10 days later, the Atonement.”

Yom Kippur is when Jews repent for their sins of last year, he said. People celebrate the festival – which lasts for the sunset today – quickly and spend most of their day praying in the synagogue or other place of worship. “Of course, the young, the elderly and are encouraged to take medication with food and water when needed”,  said Rabbi Sally Olins of Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs. “For Yom Kippur, fasting means atonement. And “one day we can say that we are willing to change for the better and follow through.”

This year is a special Bob Fey Palm Springs, who is chairman of the congregation, and Temple Isaiah, and was a member of 63 years. “My nephew, who is 3, Yom Kippur is celebrated in this temple this year”, he said. “Five generations of my family were here Yom Kippur Temple? Still remember my grandfather sitting in the front line in 1956. “For me, Yom Kippur is now a family. Our personal families, but also our family temple”, he said. Pearl White, 94, Palm Springs, who was a member of Temple Isaiah in 1977, the ceremony is especially moving. “I love the prayer spoken on Yom Kippur”. “You are beautiful. I am calm”,  he said.  “For me, Yom Kippur is to belong to, and celebrated by the community.”