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Yom Kippur

Sep 27, 2009 by afraidofpanda
I've been asking around, and it seems like there are not many Jews on Tengaged or people who know about the Jewish customs, so I'll explain a little bit about one of them that starts at sunset tonight.

Yom Kippur is the biggest Jewish "holiday". During Yom Kippur, you atone for your sins. This means that for 25 hours from sunset tonight, you fast meaning NO EATING OR DRINKING. You also pray a ton. There's a prayer commencing it, a special morning prayer, a special afternoon prayer, and a special night prayer ending it.

After Yom Kippur, you are absolved from your sins. This is like confessing in Catholicism but it's a big yearly thing that all Jews follow.

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how cool :D
Sent by Amanyaman,Sep 27, 2009
cool :) my friend also told me about it :)
Sent by lentil,Sep 27, 2009
cool my friend is a jew he told me about it
Sent by EcoFriendlyCody,Sep 27, 2009
that's pretty awesome... i know of it a bit, but not that much.. thanks for the enlightenment.
Sent by xofelf,Sep 28, 2009

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