Yom Kippur

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Jewish holiday fast day religious observance

Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Day of Atonement 7
day of atonement (yom kippurim) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday ⓘ
fast day ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Yom Kippur ⓘ
surface form: Day of Atonement
associatedWith the Book of Life ⓘ
surface form: Book of Life

divine judgment ⓘ
biblicalSource Book of Leviticus ⓘ
surface form: Leviticus 16

Leviticus 23:26–32 ⓘ
Numbers 29:7–11 ⓘ
calendar Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category High Holy Day ⓘ
centralPrayerService Kol Nidre ⓘ
Mincha ⓘ
Musaf ⓘ
Neilah ⓘ
Shacharit ⓘ
dateRule 10 Tishrei ⓘ
describedAs holiest day in the Jewish calendar ⓘ
endTime nightfall on 10 Tishrei ⓘ
fastDuration approximately 25 hours ⓘ
fastingRequired yes ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
greeting Gmar Chatima Tova ⓘ
Have an easy fast ⓘ
Tzom Kal ⓘ
includesConfessional Al Chet ⓘ
Vidui ⓘ
liturgicalBookUsed Machzor ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
modernPractice charity and good deeds emphasized ⓘ
extended synagogue services ⓘ
observedBy Jews ⓘ
occursInMonth Tishrei ⓘ
pairedWith Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
partOfPeriod Ten Days of Repentance ⓘ
primaryThemes atonement ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
reflection ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
prohibits anointing with lotions or perfumes ⓘ
bathing and washing for pleasure ⓘ
eating and drinking ⓘ
marital relations ⓘ
wearing leather shoes ⓘ
purpose atonement for sins ⓘ
seeking forgiveness from God ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
startTime sunset on 9 Tishrei ⓘ
templeRitual High Priest service in Holy of Holies ⓘ
scapegoat ceremony ⓘ
workProhibited yes ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yom Kippur → alsoKnownAs → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Atonement
Kol Nidre → associatedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Atonement
Neilah → associatedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Atonement
Selichot → associatedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ
High Holy Days → consistsOf → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Tishrei → containsHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Yom Kippur War → dateCoincidedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Tishrei → day10Event → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Yamim Noraim → endEvent → Yom Kippur ⓘ
High Holy Days → endWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Aseret Yemei Teshuvah → endsOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah → endsWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Ten Days of Repentance → endsWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Holy of Holies → entryOccasion → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Leviticus 23:26–32 → establishes → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:26–32 → establishes → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Sukkot → follows → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Cheshvan → followsMajorHolidays → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Judaism → hasHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Jews → hasMajorHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Georgian Jews → holiday → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Yamim Noraim → includes → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Book of Leviticus → keyConcept → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Atonement
Kol Nidre → liturgicalOccasion → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Mincha → liturgicalSignificance → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Avinu Malkeinu → liturgicalUse → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Leviticus 23:26–32 → namesDay → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:26–32 → namesDay → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: day of atonement (yom kippurim)
Karaite Jews → observesHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Yizkor memorial service → occasion → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Neilah → partOf → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Musaf prayer → performedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of Atonement
Elul → preparationFor → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Al Chet → recitedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Musaf → recitedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Simchat Torah → relatedHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Fast of Gedaliah → relatedTo → Yom Kippur ⓘ
Machzor → usedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ