Yom Kippur (/ˌjɒm kɪˈpʊər, ˌjɔːm ˈkɪpər, ˌjoʊm-/ YAHM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר Yōm Kīppūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. 'Day of Atonement')...
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The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought...
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Jewish holidays (redirect from Yom tov)
and in Orthodox Judaism: On Shabbat and Yom Kippur all melakha is prohibited. On a holiday other than Yom Kippur which falls on a weekday, not Shabbat,...
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Judaism, the Yom Kippur Temple service was a special sacrificial service performed by the High Priest of Israel on the holiday of Yom Kippur, in the Temple...
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Israel–Hamas war (redirect from Second Yom Kippur War)
the most significant military engagement in the region since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise...
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the 1965 World Series because it coincided with the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur garnered national attention and made him an iconic figure within the American...
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Rosh Hashanah (redirect from Yom teruah)
Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah begins ten days of penitence culminating in Yom Kippur, as well as beginning the cycle of autumnal religious festivals running...
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High Holy Days (section Yom Kippur)
consist of: strictly, the holidays of Rosh Hashanah ("Jewish New Year") and Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"); by extension, the period of ten days including those...
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Hebrew calendar (redirect from Yom Rishon)
from sunset (the start of "the evening") to the next sunset. Similarly, Yom Kippur, Passover, and Shabbat are described in the Bible as lasting "from evening...
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Yossi Ben Hanan (section Yom Kippur War)
Nepal, then-lieutenant colonel Ben Hanan learned of the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. Over the course of a few days, he returned to Israel and arrived...
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Golda Meir (category Israeli people of the Yom Kippur War)
leaders to promote her vision of peace in the region. The outbreak of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 caught Israel off guard and inflicted severe early losses...
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Israeli Air Force (section Yom Kippur War (1973))
repeated bombings of strategic targets deep within enemy territory. When the Yom Kippur War broke out on October 6, 1973, Egyptian and Syrian advances forced...
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DEFCON (section Yom Kippur War)
1973, Egypt and Syria launched a joint attack on Israel resulting in the Yom Kippur War. The United States became concerned that the Soviet Union might intervene...
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1970 with frontiers remaining in the same place as when the war began. Yom Kippur War (October 1973) – Fought from 6 to 26 October 1973 by a coalition of...
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Kol Nidre (category Yom Kippur)
the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on the eve of Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"). Strictly speaking, it is not a prayer, even though...
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Shiva (Judaism) (section Yom Kippur)
holiday begins. Yom Kippur following Rosh Hashanah, will symbolize the end of mourning, and the end of both shiva and sheloshim. During Yom Kippur, any days...
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Yom Kippur Katan (יום כיפור קטן translation from Hebrew: "Minor Day of Atonement"), is a practice observed by some Jews on the day preceding each Rosh...
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beginning the Yom Kippur War. 11 Tishrei – The Baal Shem Tov wrote that the day after Yom Kippur is an even greater holiday than Yom Kippur itself, a day...
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commitment to serious peace negotiations. In October 1973 Egypt began the Yom Kippur War with an attempt to take back the east bank of the canal and the entire...
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Jewish prayer (section Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur)
and Rosh Chodesh. Ne'ila (נְעִילָה, "closing"), is recited only on Yom Kippur. A distinction is made between individual prayer and communal prayer,...
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on Yom Kippur. On the eve of Yom Kippur, before candles are lit, a prefast meal, the "seuda mafseket", is eaten. Synagogue services on the eve of Yom Kippur...
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the Synagogue on Yom Kippur was painted by Polish-Jewish artist Maurycy Gottlieb in 1878. It depicts Jews in the midst of the Yom Kippur service, on one...
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180 mm gun S-23 (section Yom Kippur War)
positions as part of the Syrian Army's General Staff reserve during the Yom Kippur War. In the opening day of the war, they shelled Mount Canaan [he], an...
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The Yom Kippur balls were countercultural, antireligious festivities held by Jewish anarchists and socialists on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish...
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will fall. Saturday, September 11: Rosh HaShanah* Monday, September 20: Yom Kippur* Saturday, September 25: Sukkot* Saturday, October 2: Shemini Atzeret*...
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Israeli Navy (section Yom Kippur War)
missile boats era, beginning in 1965 and bearing fruit during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Until 1967 the Naval Headquarters were located at Stella Maris, on...
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Yom Kippur 1984 is a poem by the Jewish-American poet Adrienne Rich. One of Rich's key poems, it was reprinted in her 1986 collection Your Native Land...
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holidays Yom tov sheni shel galuyot The second festival day in the Diaspora Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement Yom Kippur Katan Minor Day of Atonement Yom Ha'atzmaut...
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United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (section Six Day War to Yom Kippur War (1967 to 1973))
and the Golan Heights following the Six-Day War of June 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973. The period from August 1949 to June 1956 was initially chaotic...
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9M14 Malyutka (section Yom Kippur War)
missile was employed by Arab armies during the initial phases of the Yom Kippur War. Later in the war, the Israelis adopted new tactics and learned to...
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