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Yom Kippur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
mandates establishment of this holy day on the 10th day of the 7th
month as the day of atonement for sins. It calls it the Sabbath of
Sabbaths and a day upon which one must afflict one's soul.
Leviticus 23:27 decrees that Yom Kippur is a strict day of rest.
Five additional prohibitions are traditionally observed, as detailed in the Jewish oral tradition (Mishnah tractate Yoma 8:1).
The number five is a set number, relating to:
condition according to the Biblical account of the expulsion from the
garden of Eden.[7]
Refraining from these symbolically represents a return to a pristine
state, which is the theme of the day. By refraining from these
activities, the body is uncomfortable but can still survive. The soul is
considered to be the life force in a body. Therefore, by making one’s
body uncomfortable, one’s soul is uncomfortable.[7] By feeling pain one can feel how others feel when they are in pain.[8] This is the purpose of the prohibitions.
Total abstention from food and drink as well as keeping the other traditions begins at sundown, and ends after nightfall the following day. One should add a few minutes to the beginning and end of the day, called tosefet Yom Kippur,
lit. "addition to Yom Kippur". Although the fast is required of all
healthy adults over 12 or 13, it is waived in the case of certain
medical conditions.
Virtually all Jewish holidays involve meals, but since Yom Kippur involves fasting, Jewish law requires one to eat a large and festive meal on the afternoon before Yom Kippur, after the Mincha (afternoon) prayer.
Wearing white clothing (or a 'kittel' for Ashkenazi Jews), is traditional to symbolize one's purity on this day. Many Orthodox men immerse themselves in a mikveh on the day before Yom Kippur.[9]
In order to apologize to God, one must: [6]
Yom Kippur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General observances
Leviticus 16:29mandates establishment of this holy day on the 10th day of the 7th
month as the day of atonement for sins. It calls it the Sabbath of
Sabbaths and a day upon which one must afflict one's soul.
Leviticus 23:27 decrees that Yom Kippur is a strict day of rest.
Five additional prohibitions are traditionally observed, as detailed in the Jewish oral tradition (Mishnah tractate Yoma 8:1).
The number five is a set number, relating to:
- In the Yom Kippur section of the Torah, the word soul appears five times.
- The soul is known by five separate names: soul, wind, spirit, living one and unique one.
- Unlike regular days, which have three prayer services, Yom Kippur has five- Maariv, Shacharis, Mussaf, Minchah and Neilah
- The Kohen Gadol rinsed himself in the mikveh (ritual bath) five times on Yom Kippur.[6]
- No eating and drinking
- No wearing of leather shoes
- No bathing or washing
- No anointing oneself with perfumes or lotions
- No marital relations
condition according to the Biblical account of the expulsion from the
garden of Eden.[7]
Refraining from these symbolically represents a return to a pristine
state, which is the theme of the day. By refraining from these
activities, the body is uncomfortable but can still survive. The soul is
considered to be the life force in a body. Therefore, by making one’s
body uncomfortable, one’s soul is uncomfortable.[7] By feeling pain one can feel how others feel when they are in pain.[8] This is the purpose of the prohibitions.
Total abstention from food and drink as well as keeping the other traditions begins at sundown, and ends after nightfall the following day. One should add a few minutes to the beginning and end of the day, called tosefet Yom Kippur,
lit. "addition to Yom Kippur". Although the fast is required of all
healthy adults over 12 or 13, it is waived in the case of certain
medical conditions.
Virtually all Jewish holidays involve meals, but since Yom Kippur involves fasting, Jewish law requires one to eat a large and festive meal on the afternoon before Yom Kippur, after the Mincha (afternoon) prayer.
Wearing white clothing (or a 'kittel' for Ashkenazi Jews), is traditional to symbolize one's purity on this day. Many Orthodox men immerse themselves in a mikveh on the day before Yom Kippur.[9]
In order to apologize to God, one must: [6]
- Pray
- Repent
- Give to charity
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