Observe Rosh Yom Kippur

Here are ways jewish congregations around the country are observing rosh hashana and yom kippur this year from pretaped shofar blasts to webinars on how to make your own altars.

Observe rosh yom kippur. But i ve also had the joy of observing rosh hashanah and yom kippur fully at home and so i know this year will be wonderfully meaningful. What is rosh hashanah. Yom kippur is the day of atonement the holiest day of the year in judaism. Yom kippur concludes the ten days of repentance that begin with rosh hashanah jewish new year and is traditionally observed with a 25 hour fast and intensive prayer.

The date of yom kippur in the gregorian calendar changes every. 27 and end the evening of monday sept. In the jewish religion rosh hashanah is the jewish new year and the beginning of a 10 day period of introspection and penitence that ends with yom kippur the day of atonement. Yom kippur completes the annual period known as the high holy days or days of awe that begins with the jewish new year rosh hashanah.

When i was little maybe from when i was 3 until i was 11 my family observed rosh hashanah and yom kippur services almost entirely at home. Celebrated 10 days after the first day of rosh hashanah it s a day of atonement and repentance that also features a lot of joy and communal festivities. Yom kippur is the holiest day in the jewish calendar. Yom kippur will begin in the following week on the evening of sunday sept.

It marks the start of the jewish new year as.