2006-06-09 09:29:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur or literally "Day of Covering" or "Day of Atonement" is a day for afflicting our souls. It is a day of repentance. A time for a self "audit" on our own lives. To repent as a community for all the various things we are guilty of.
Actually in Torah it is call "Yom HaKippurim" which could also be read as "a day like Purim". We fast before Purim and feast on Purim. But we eat well before Yom Kippur and then fast on Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur was the one day when the High Priest could enter into the Holy of Holies. Traditionally it was said to be the one day of the year when the priests would say the Aaronic Blessing and actually pronounce the 4 Letter Holy Name.
2006-06-09 14:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
it's a jewish holiday.
2006-06-09 09:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by Maus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all.....BECAUSE THEY'RE JEWISH!
2006-06-09 09:50:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋