[ April 27, 2024 ]
Tonight begins Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year. Today we atone and we pray. Pray hard that good triumphs over evil. Pray for our nation.
Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement
Chabad
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year—the day on which we are closest to G‑d 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 G‑d” (Leviticus 16:30).
Yom Kippur 2020 (the Day of Atonement): September 27–28Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year—the day on which we are closest to G‑d 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 G‑d” (Leviticus 16:30).
Story continues below advertisementFor nearly twenty-six hours—from several minutes before sunset on 9 Tishrei (September 27) to after nightfall on 10 Tishrei (September 28)—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. Instead our time is spent in prayer to G‑d. . . Read more about Yom Kippur
We are wishing our Jewish readers a Tzom kal (a safe and easy fast).
France vows to protect its Jewish community on Yom Kippur after stabbing
Interior minister says 7,000 police and soldiers guarding synagogue services, warns of more Islamic terror attacks
By AP
PARIS, France — France’s interior minister promised Sunday to protect France’s Jewish community from extremists after a double stabbing in Paris blamed on Islamic terrorism.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited a synagogue Sunday ahead of the evening start of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and said more than 7,000 police and soldiers were protecting Jewish services. France has Europe’s largest Jewish community.
“I came to assure … members of France’s Jewish community of the protection of the state,” Darmanin told reporters. “Because we know that Jews are particularly targeted by Islamist attacks and we should obviously protect them.”
Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur.
They’re two of the most familiar – and important – days on the Jewish religious calendar, but did you know that the two events are strongly connected? And what these special days actually represent?
For some, Rosh Hashanah is called the “birthday of the world.” It marks the start of the Jewish New Year, and is filled with shared meals and prayer among loved ones. The celebration also begins the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur – and a time when Jews focus their attention on repentance and reflection of action.
Here’s what to know about these holy days:
When are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in 2020?This year, Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Friday, Sept. 18, and ends two days later at sunset on Sunday, Sept. 20. It’s the start of the Jewish month of Tishrei, or Tishri, which falls in September or October, according to the Gregorian calendar. It’s the first month of the civil year for Jews or the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year. Some years, Rosh Hashanah can start in early September or as late as early October.
Yom Kippur will begin in the following week – on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 27, and end the evening of Monday, Sept. 28.
What is Rosh Hashanah?It marks the start of the Jewish New Year, as stated in the Bible (Leviticus 23:23-31).
While some ancient cultures, such as the Celts, celebrated the start of a new year during the spring equinox because it was the time of planting, Semitic cultures in the Near East celebrated the new year in the fall, after the harvest was gathered. The name of Rosh Hashanah can be translated as “first” or “head of the year.” It is also sometimes called “The Feast of Trumpets.”
The text of a 200-year-old Torah scroll that underwent restoration in 2014-15 at the University of Arizona Center for Judaic Studies in Tucson. The Torah is the central holy text in Judaism.Also, Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur. It marks the beginning of the 10 “Days of Awe,” in which Jews focus their attentions on repentance and reflection leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, considered to be holiest day of the Jewish year. Traditionally, the blood of an animal was sacrificed as a way to remove sin or defilement.
According to tradition, the names of the righteous are written in the Book of Life and names of the wicked are written in the Book of Death. For everyone else – most people – you have 10 days to repent before your fate is sealed in one of the two books.
Why does it last for two days?Religious holidays normally last for one day. But not Rosh Hashanah.
It’s actually called yoma arichta – translated as “a long day” – because the 48-hour period when Rosh Hashanah is observed is actually considered to be one extended day. It’s the only Jewish holiday that is two days long both outside and inside Israel.
Ancient Jews relied on a calendar based on actual cycles of the moon, not one arbitrarily set. Thus, the key to determining the first day of each month was the sighting of the new moon. It was so important that it required confirmation by two or more witnesses.
Yom Kippur candle-lighting times for Israel and US
Light Candles at: 6:25 p.m.
Yom Kippur Ends at: 7:24 p.m.
Los Angeles
Light Candles at: 6:23 p.m.
Yom Kippur Ends at: 7:23 p.m.
Jerusalem
Light Candles at: 5:53 p.m.
Yom Kippur Ends at: 7:03 p.m.
Tel Aviv
Light Candles at: 6:09 p.m.
Yom Kippur Ends at: 7:05 p.m.
Haifa
Light Candles at: 6:02 p.m.
Yom Kippur Ends at: 7:04 p.m.
Beersheba
Light Candles at: 6:11 p.m.
Yom Kippur Ends at: 7:05 p.m.
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19 Comments
3 years ago
PRAY FOR AMERICA !!
PRAY FOR TRUMP !!
PRAY FOR FREEDOM !!
3 years ago
I have prayed for America for decades, especially when Obama was doing his utmost to undermine the Republic. Now, I pray for Trump to overcome the betrayers, subversives hijacking the nation. Hopefully, with it being Yom Kippur these prayers will gain fruition. Our alliance with Israel and Judaism holds more importance than any other nation. May G-d smite our inner and foreign enemies.
3 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
Not all Jews support the radical far-right Israeli government. There’s a big reason Trump is not popular with Jews, but you guys just don’t see it because you conflate Judaism with Zionism, two totally different things.
3 years ago
Reply to
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Zi·on·ism
/ˈzīəˌnizəm/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.
Israel exists. Get over it,
3 years ago
Reply to
CharlieSeattle
I know what Zionism is, but I am glad that you learned a new word.
3 years ago
Reply to
Mr. Mojo Risin'
You can’t judge Israel by your rotten Western atheist “values”. Israel is surrounded by totalitarian, theocratic, islamic, religious apartheid states that are entirely judenrein (and not by accident). All the muslum states that surround Israel, incl. Lebanonistan, have attacked Israel without cause or provocation and have facilitated islamic terrorism against Israel.
3 years ago
Yep. We Prayed for that yesterday at the National Mall.
3 years ago
Reply to
Commieobamie
I hope they put that atonement in action and STOP voting for their enemies – DEMS!
Just going through the motions is not what is needed.
3 years ago
Reply to
Commieobamie
I as a LEGAL LAW ABIDING AMERICAN CITIZEN am praying daily for these TRAITORS to face Constitutional JUDGEMENT!
3 years ago
I’m pretty sure I know in which book Schumer, Nadler, Schitt, Blumenthal and some others are written.
3 years ago
In 1973 on Yom Kippur Jews might have been able to”abstain from marital relations” but not martial relations because the military forces of Egypt and Syria deliberately chose that day to invade Israel despite the fact it happened to coincide with islum’s holeiest month of Ramadan.
3 years ago
“Tonight begins Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year.”
What exactly does that mean?
Why is one day of the year any different from any other?
Shouldn’t Jews, and all other people, be doing everything they can to make life better every day of the year?
“Today we atone and we pray.”
What exactly are Jews to “atone” for?
Being Jews?
Being human?
The idea that we all have something to atone for is a religious construct created to control people and nothing more than a joke in bad taste.
And praying is simply pretending to talk to someone who isn’t there; there is no scientific evidence that praying accomplishes anything, ever.
“Pray hard that good triumphs over evil.”
Whether one prays or not, good does not always triumph over evil just because it’s good; the side that triumphs is the side that is best prepared, has the best resources, and is most determined.
And, as history has shown, that’s not always the good.
“Pray for our nation.”
It matters not who people pray to or for what they pray; only intelligent, rational action based purely on reality can save a nation.
3 years ago
Reply to
Merlinever
The first benefit of prayer …
… is that those who pray typically do not hate their neighbors.
Whereas those who do not pray
… do not love their neighbors.
People of the first kind make it possible to fill warehouse with donations …
… people of the second kind make it impossible to even get stuff done.
Everything around you exists because of those who prayed. And those who don’t pray are literally trying to burn the place to the ground.
Big difference.
… And btw … no supernatural entity or magic is required for this benefit to accrue.
*** God love ya.
3 years ago
Reply to
Merlinever
Hmmmmm, in 1948 military experts predicted the muslum invasion of the nascent state of Israel would result in Holocaust part deux — mostly because of the British trained Arabpig Legion. During the Yom Kippur War Israel was outnumbered thousands to one in terms of infantry, artillery and APC’s and hundreds to one in terms of MBT’s, anti-tank weapons and SAM’s. Yet in both cases, Israel won.
3 years ago
Tzom kal to all of our J e w ish friends …
… have a safe and ‘happy’ somber holiday …
*** Everyone here at Geller have an excellent week!
3 years ago
Reply to
Dan Knight
Ivanka is out stumping too. I just posted a comment about alcoholic families, and Ivanka’s mom is an alcoholic. It’s never easy, and the kids often try to be ultra-perfect to compensate for dissolute family life. Atonement is a precious thing.
