NOUN
- (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
How To Use Yom Kippur In A Sentence
- Among the most famous is the story of his disappearance one Yom Kippur from his synagogue.
- On the eve of Yom Kippur the service begins before sunset, while it is still day, and therefore the tallith is worn on this occasion.
- The long middle movement, marked allegro agitato, and associated by Bloch with Yom Kippur, has an intense and clamorous opening but the mood alternated between that and pensive intervals.
- It takes place in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, introducing expectations of an ultimate reckoning.
- Akerman recites this text against a background of the traditional cantorial melody for Kol Nidre, a prayer for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
- But, he also got responses such as this, from an Orthodox colleague, A gay Orthodox rabbi is an absurdity as inconceivable as an Orthodox rabbi who eats cheeseburgers on Yom Kippur. Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids
- Observe Yom Kippur
- This year, there were some days of hamsin before Yom Kippur, but the holiday itself was quite moderate: hot but not really unpleasant.
- I do my personal/spiritual stocktaking at Yom Kippur.
- I'll be leading Yom Kippur Mincha services in our shul, which is nice. Archive 2008-10-01