What is Yom Kippur (the day of atonement) about?

Question

I know Friday is Rosh Hashanah (Jewish new year) and on Sunday Ramadan (Islamic) starts, but what is Yom Kippur, which is next week Friday?
Which religion does it belong to, and what does it symbolise?

Answer 1

Hello Anria,

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Yom Kippur is also a Jewish Holiday - It is actually the holiest day in the Jewish Calender.

It is the day on which the Jews believe that their fate for the next year is decided - everything from how much money they will earn to whether they will live or die.

On Yom Kippur, Jews fast for 25 hours (sunset of the night before till sunset of the day of Yom Kippur). This fasting is not in order to punish themselves, it is rather to emulate angels, to be pure and holy, so show to G_D that they too are holy and not entirely physical beings.

It is also a day filled with prayer, and you will find most Jews spend most of the day in Synagogue.

Hope this helps in some way.

Answer 2

Yom Kippur is a Jewish fasting day. Observant Jews spend the day in their synagogue praying, reading certain verses from the Torah (the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy in the Jewish and Christian Bibles). It takes place one week after Rosh Hashanah, as you already stated. This is so that Jews can ask forgiveness of people they may have wronged the previous year. This is because God, Jews believe, is much more willing to forgive humanity when people can forgive other people. Yom Kippur is all about making yourself right with God.

Answer 3

Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement is the Holiest holiday of the Jewish year. It falls on the 10th day of the lunar month of Tishri-[Jewish calender year that falls Sept-October.]
Continual services are held in synagogue,starting the evening before continuing throughout the day. The most devout orthodox Jews will stand during the entire period even all night as a symbol of their devotion.
It is a day of fasting & repentance. Repentance, Renewal & forgiveness.

Answer 4

[Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness for sins committed during the year. Jews gather in synagogues on the Eve of Yom Kippur, when the fast begins, and return the following morning to continue confessing, doing penance, and praying for forgiveness. The most solemn of the prayers, Kol Nidre, is chanted on the Eve of Yom Kippur. Biblical origins are found in Leviticus, where the priestly ritual of atonement is described

Answer 5

Yom Kippur is the one day in the year on which the high preist (Kohen Gadol) of Israel would enter into the Holy of Holies (Kodesh Kodeshim) before the presence of God (HVHY) to make atonement (covering) for the sins of all Israel. That is to say, he offered up the blood of animals to appease the wrath of God concerning the sins of the people. This was practiced nearly every year for roughly 1500 years (there were times when the children of Israel were in captivity, or in sin - I'm not sure that there was an offering during those times).

It is symbolic of the act that Jesus Christ would eventually perform before the mercy seat of God in heaven for the sins of all mankind (Hebrews 9:23-25). Except in His offering for sins, He wiped them out of existence. This is not merely atonement, but remittance. Good question!

Answer 6

Check out this website to learn about all of the Feast as written in the Holy Scriptures.

http://www.yahweh.com/booklets/Feasts/Feasts.htm

Remember, Daniyl 7:25—
And he will speak great words against Yahweh, and will wear out; mentally attack to cause to fall away, the saints of Yahweh, and think to change the Feasts and holy days, and Laws; and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and the dividing of time.

Daniyl is speaking of a religion that fights against those who keep the whole Law of Yahweh as we see in the meaning of the word saint. The Hebrew-Aramaic-English Dictionary, Volume 2, by Marcus Jastrow on page 1319:

...(my sanctified ones), that means those who fulfilled the whole Law...


This religion changes Yahweh's Laws. Remember, she devours the whole earth which means she has changed the Laws of Yahweh in the minds of all people on earth. That's exactly what the last revelation given to mankind shows is the case for this time period. The teaching that mankind does not need to keep or adhere to the inspired Laws of Yahweh has been placed in the minds of all who dwell on the earth in this generation. They have been taught to accept and partake in a mixture of righteousness and evil, which is the same teaching Cain, being led by Satan, presented.

Genesis 3:1-7—
1 Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh had made. And she said to the woman; Has Yahweh indeed said: You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the serpent; We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Yahweh has said: You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, or you will die.
4 And the serpent said to the woman; You will not surely die.
5 For Yahweh knows that in the day you eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods (elohim), knowing righteousness and evil.
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was desirable for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they had sinned; they had violated Yahweh's Laws. Because they had not kept Yahweh's Laws, they were afraid.

Revelation 12:9—
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. She was cast out into the earth, and her angels were cast out with her.

Notice, Genesis 3:7 shows that they sinned. The Theological Word Book of the Old Testament by Harris, Archer and Waltke Volume 2, page 695, shows that the Hebrew root word oram, which was translated naked in the King James Version, is correctly translated sin. Sin is the transgression or breaking of Yahweh's Laws.

I Yahchanan 3:4—
Whoever commits sin, transgresses also the Law; for sin is the transgression of the Law.

Answer 7

It belongs to the (plural) "Jews" (Law Law) religion; And JC (by whom came Grace & Truth) notably said to (plural) "Jews": "whither I go, ye (do err) cannot come": John 13:33; Notably followed by "so, I now(of then/now) say unto you(of ye/you)": "A new(of old/new) commandment I give unto you"... in saying "new", he maketh the "old" faulty (Heb 8), and what's "ready to vanish": Heb 13:8 "shall vanish": 1Cor 13:8.

The gospel of "Christ"("the end of the law": Rom 10:4) is "to the Jew first", notably to the singular "Jew" in Rom 1:16... in which things are an "allegory" (Gal 4), and "mystery" (x3: Col 2:2) to solve, in time, since there's neither mystery nor time in eternity. So perhaps it's a spiritual training course, with the safety switch turned off, to make it a matter of life or death, not both life + death is an oxyMORON with a BAD ending, like the day of atonement, which is about "law worketh wrath" which God hath NOT appt'd us unto, of them/us.

Funny thing about Jews is they don't seem to read the verses in Numbers where even Balaam(who would have killed his own *** did him no wrong, if he'd had a sword instead of just a staff)... even Balaam notes God hath NOT cursed anyone, NOR will the LORD with him defile anyone; No, neither Jacob nor Israel of such (natural/spiritual) Jacob/Israel. So the only commandment of the LORD is bless, whether natural or spiritual. And for clarity to the Jew first, it's bless(grace) and curse(law) not. Selah.

Yom Kippur, having several other names, kinda like "another law" has "seven" other names which all contain "law", is Horeb-Bull; Perhaps the reason Grace & Truth came by JC, perhaps for comparison with Mosaic Law & Lie.

It's a high holy(law) day, of their most "high" law law G-d on "high" in their law law "heavens".

Above such law law, "higher", is "the God of all grace", on a "throne of grace", where only "mercy" is obtainable, in "heaven": "higher than the heavens". Such is notably where Christ(the Saviour of the world) ascended: "far above the heavens", and notably to appear to "God in heaven"("higher than the heavens") for "us" of them/us. For where Christ goes, to grace land, well, plural law law Jews cannot come; for there is no law law in graceland, no day of atonement in the day of God is love, perfect love, and "perfect" is "also merciful", but only in higher heaven above the heavens on high.

Point: getting "high", with either Moses or Jesus,
whether seated in Moses' seat or right standing,
Well, such law law is still a short fall from grace.
It's a "fearful" thing, to "fall", into "hands", of G-d.
For it's "law worketh wrath" either side of L vs R.
And such wrath of law can get pretty destructive:
Noah-ic and Sodom-ic destructive in Luke 17.
No escape sudden destructive in 1Thess 5:3.
But notably only to "them" of them vs them/us.
A pretty good reason to come out from "them".

So, the same Pauline conclusion as the conclusion of the Holy Bible is given To The Hebrews by Paul (The Hebrew of Hebrews)

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.

Answer 8

It is Jewish and it is about attoning for sins.