YOM KIPPUR: A DAY OF ATONEMENT; OCTOBER 3-4, 2014
YOM KIPPUR October 3-4, 2014
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year-the day on which we are closest to God and to the quintessence of our own souls.
It is the Day of Atonement-“for on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before God” (Leviticus 16:30).
For nearly twenty-six hours,-from several minutes before sunset on 9 Tishrei to after nightfall on 10 Tishrei-we “afflict our souls”: we abstain from food and drink, do not wash or anoint our bodies, do not wear leather footwear, and abstain from marital relations.
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