Yom Kippur (/ˌjɒm kɪˈpʊər, ˌjɔːm ˈkɪpər, ˌjoʊm-/ YOM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר‎ Yōm Kīppūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. 'Day of Atonement')...

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 fought from 6 to 25...

Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah begins ten days of penitence culminating in Yom Kippur, as well as beginning the cycle of autumnal religious festivals running...

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,...

Christian observances of Yom Kippur occur when a Christian-style Day of Atonement models itself on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. In the Roman calendar...

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...

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...

conclusion of Yom Kippur. These days usually fall in September and/or early October. Due to the proximity to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, in this period...

Vera Woodman, also referred to by the press as the ninja murders and the Yom Kippur murders, took place on September 25, 1985, in West Los Angeles. The couple...

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...

will fall. Saturday, September 11: Rosh HaShanah* Monday, September 20: Yom Kippur* Saturday, September 25: Sukkot* Saturday, October 2: Shemini Atzeret*...

shofar is blown in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur; it is also blown every weekday morning in the month of Elul running up...

and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. It is the deadliest war for Palestinians in the history of...

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...

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...

Aramaic: כָּל נִדְרֵי kāl niḏrē) is an Aramaic declaration which begins Yom Kippur services in the synagogue. Strictly speaking, it is not a prayer, even...

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...

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...

The Yom Kippur balls were countercultural, antireligious festivities held by Jewish anarchists and socialists on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

services during the Ten Days of Repentance, from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur inclusive. Since the 17th century, most Eastern Ashkenazic communities...

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...

is Yom Kippur. Similarly, if Yom Kippur fell on a Sunday (Yom Rishon), it would not be possible to make the necessary preparations for Yom Kippur, including...

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...

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...

not to play on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. As one of the most culturally significant Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur is observed by...