As we mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, especially with Yom Kippur just days away ... Shabbat (Shemot 20:8), the Exodus from Egypt (Shemot 13:3), the history of our ...

Yom Kippur is ten days after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which celebrates the anniversary of the creation of the world. When the Israelites escaped from slavery and left Egypt, they went ...

Yom Kippur is ten days after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which celebrates the anniversary of the creation of the world. When the Israelites escaped from slavery and left Egypt, they went ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, begins at sundown on Friday. The purpose of Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is to practice forgiving others and repentance for ...

File Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/UPI In 1973, Egypt and Syria, attempting to win back territory lost during the third Arab-Israeli war, launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish ...

Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah.

What follows is the great Jewish anti-celebration: Yom Kippur. The most important day on the Jewish Calendar, Yom Kippur – or the day of atonement – offers the chance to ask for forgiveness.