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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yom Kippur canonical	54
Day of Atonement	14
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 (69)

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

Jews → hasMajorHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Judaism → hasHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Rosh Hashanah → endsWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Yom Kippur → alsoKnownAs → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Sukkot → follows → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Karaite Jews → observesHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Ten Days of Repentance → endsWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Persian Jews → observesHolidayWithLocalCustoms → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Cheshvan → followsMajorHolidays → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Chinese Jews of Kaifeng → practiced → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

High Holy Days → consistsOf → Yom Kippur ⓘ

High Holy Days → endWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Elul → preparationFor → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Aseret Yemei Teshuvah → endsOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Tishrei → containsHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Tishrei → day10Event → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Book of Leviticus → keyConcept → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Musaf → recitedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Mincha → liturgicalSignificance → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Leviticus 23:26–32 → establishes → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Leviticus 23:26–32 → establishes → 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)

Machzor → usedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Neilah → partOf → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Neilah → associatedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Kol Nidre → liturgicalOccasion → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Kol Nidre → associatedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur War → dateCoincidedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Al Chet → recitedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Georgian Jews → holiday → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Unetaneh Tokef → liturgicalOccasion → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Selichot → associatedWith → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Avinu Malkeinu → liturgicalUse → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Yamim Noraim → includes → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Yamim Noraim → endEvent → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Musaf prayer → performedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah → recitedOn → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Yizkor memorial service → occasion → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Vidui (confessional prayer) → liturgicalContext → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Holy of Holies → entryOccasion → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Simchat Torah → relatedHoliday → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Fast of Gedaliah → relatedTo → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Sanctuary doctrine → relatedConcept → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16 → primaryTheme → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Jewish Canadians → holiday → Yom Kippur ⓘ

The Day of Atonement (short story) → titleRefersTo → Yom Kippur ⓘ

Samson Raphaelson → notableWork → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Leviticus 23 → listsFestival → Yom Kippur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Atonement

Leviticus 23 → listsFestival → Yom Kippur ⓘ