Yom kippur

• What is the holiest day of the Jewish year?

  yom kippur
• What does Yom Kippur represent?


  The end to the ten days of repentance
• What is yom Kippur a day of?


  It’s a day of forgiveness
• What five areas does Yom Kippur require self denial in?


  Food, wearing perfumes, sex, drinking and wearing leather shoes
• What is the day before yom kippur?


  a day of preparation
• What is often done on the day before yom kippur?


  charitable works
• how does yom kippur begin?

  Begins in the home with an early dinner so they can attend the synagogue before sundown.
• What Is yom kippur? 25 hour what?


  a 25 hour fast where many Jews abstain from food and water, however those who are ill or vulnerable do not fast (pikuach nefesh)
• what story is told in the synagogue?

  The story of Jonah
• What does the story of Jonah tell people?


  Shows that God is willing to forgive those who fully repent
• What does atonement mean?


  To put things right, making amends
• What is the most sacred and solemn day of the Jewish calendar?

  Yom Kippur
• What do Jews reflect on? 


  the past year, ask for gods forgiveness for any sins.
• on this day Jews don’t…


  Work or go to school
• It’s ten days after Rosh Hashanah, what are these ten days called?


  days of awe, a period of repentance where they ask for gods forgiveness
• What colour are the torah scrolls and rabbi dresses in and what does this represent?


  White, colour of forgiveness
• why are the doors of the ark open?


  To show that the gates of heaven are open
• What do they do quietly?

  confessions are made quietly to God
• What is the service at Yom Kippur that remembers the dead called?


  Yizkor
• What is the shofar?


  The shofar is a musical instrument used to announce the beginning of Jewish festivals, and the end of Yom kippur
• What happens at nightfall?

  A single blast of the shofar announces an end to the fast and families make havdalah.
• What is havdalah?


  Ritual that ends Shabbat, separating it from the start of the new week.
• What do Jews try to do here?


  make amends and plan ways to do better in the next year
• What do Jews believe will happen if they’re truly sorry for their bad action?


  God will be fair and compassion able and forgive them
• According to tradition, when did the first Yom kippur occur?


  after the Israelites exodus (rapid leaving of a place of a large group of people) from Egypt and their arrival at mount sinai Where god have moses the ten commandments
• why do even secular Jews attend the synagogue on this day?


  It’s the holiest day of the year
• What do people spend most of their day doing?

  prayer and reflection in the synagogue
• What is sung before the service begins?

  ‘Kol Nidre’ or ‘all vows”
• What does all vows do?


  It cancels any vows they have made to God that they cannot keep
• Why might the rabbi wear white?


  To show how peoples sins are to be cleaned
• People often donate to…

  … charity
• How many days after Rosh Hashanah does Yom Kippur occur?

  10 days
• What is Yom Kippur known as?

  The Day of Atonement
• What do Jews do during the ten days leading up to Yom Kippur?

  They try to make amends and plan ways to do better in the next year
• What do Jews believe about God's forgiveness on Yom Kippur?

  If they are truly sorry for their bad actions, God will be fair and compassionate and forgive them
• According to tradition, when did the first Yom Kippur take place?

  After the Israelites' exodus from Egypt and their arrival at Mount Sinai
• What significant event occurred at Mount Sinai related to Yom Kippur?

  God gave Moses the Ten Commandments
• What do even secular Jews do on Yom Kippur?

  Attend synagogue
• What is sung before the Yom Kippur service begins?

  The Kol Nidre or "all vows"
• What does the Kol Nidre do?

  It cancels any vows made to God that cannot be kept