{"id":56170,"date":"2022-10-04T17:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=56170"},"modified":"2022-09-23T12:02:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T10:02:25","slug":"29-05-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=56170","title":{"rendered":"How to Observe Yom Kippur"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/chabad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/995354\/jewish\/How-to-Observe-Yom-Kippur-2017.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Observe Yom Kippur<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Chabad.org<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px; height: 15px;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.chabad.org\/media\/images\/982\/icGF9827213.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Yom Kippur In Brief<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to G\u2011d and to the essence of our souls. Yom Kippur means \u201cDay of Atonement,\u201d as the verse states, \u201cFor on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G\u2011d.\u201d1<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It is held on the 10th day of Tishrei, coming on the heels of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year, which is on the first and second days of Tishrei).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For nearly 26 hours (in 2017, from several minutes before sunset on Sept 29 until after nightfall on September 30) we \u201cafflict our souls\u201d by avoiding the following five actions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Eating or drinking (in case of need, see here and consult a medical professional and a rabbi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wearing leather shoes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Applying lotions or creams<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Washing or bathing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Engaging in conjugal relations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Like Shabbat, no work is to be done, and special holiday candles are lit before the onset of the holy day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.chabad.org\/media\/images\/983\/phlu9837765.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Opening the synagogue ark.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The day is spent in the synagogue, where we hold five prayer services:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Maariv, with its solemn Kol Nidrei service, on the eve of Yom Kippur;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Shacharit, the morning prayer, which includes a reading from Leviticus followed by the Yizkor memorial service;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Musaf, which includes a detailed account of the Yom Kippur Temple service;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Minchah, which includes the reading of the Book of Jonah;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Neilah, the \u201cclosing of the gates\u201d service at sunset, followed by the shofar blast marking the end of the fast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Beyond specific actions, Yom Kippur is dedicated to introspection, prayer and asking G\u2011d for forgiveness. Even during the breaks between services, it is appropriate to recite Psalms at every available moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What to Do Before Yom Kippur<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.chabad.org\/media\/images\/1022\/YCyw10220128.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Photo: Chaya Mishulovin, Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<section>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>Forty days before Yom Kippur<\/b>, on the first of&nbsp;<span class=\"glossary_item\">Elul<\/span>, we begin blowing the&nbsp;<i><span class=\"glossary_item\">shofar<\/span><\/i>&nbsp;every morning and reciting Psalm 27 after the morning and afternoon prayers. In Sepharadic communities, it is customary to begin saying&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"What Are Selichot?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/holidays\/JewishNewYear\/template_cdo\/aid\/4350\/jewish\/What-Are-Selichot.htm\">Selichot<\/a>&nbsp;early every morning (<span class=\"glossary_item\">Ashkenazim<\/span>&nbsp;begin just a few days before&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"Rosh Hashanah\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/4644\/jewish\/Rosh-Hashanah.htm\">Rosh Hashanah<\/a>)\u2014building an atmosphere of reverence, repentance and awe leading up to Yom Kippur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For&nbsp;<b>the week before Yom Kippur<\/b>&nbsp;(known as the&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"10 Days of Repentance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/4826\/jewish\/10-Days-of-Repentance.htm\">10 Days of Repentance<\/a>), special additions are made to prayers, and people are particularly careful with their&nbsp;<span class=\"glossary_item\">mitzvah<\/span>&nbsp;observance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We are all human, and we occasionally slip. Is there anyone you may have offended or otherwise hurt? Go ahead and&nbsp;<b>ask for their forgiveness<\/b>. Are you carrying any grudges? Now is the time to sincerely and wholeheartedly let them go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Just as Yom Kippur is a day of fasting,&nbsp;<b>the day before Yom Kippur<\/b>&nbsp;is set aside for eating and preparing for this holy day. Here are some of the activities that we do on the day before Yom Kippur:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"Kaparot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/989585\/jewish\/Kaparot.htm\">Kaparot<\/a>&nbsp;is often performed in the wee hours of this morning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">There is a beautiful custom to request and receive a piece of honey cake, so that if, G\u2011d forbid, it was decreed that we need be recipients, it be fulfilled by requesting honey cake and being blessed with a sweet year<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We eat two festive meals, one in early afternoon and another right before the commencement of the fast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Many have the custom to immerse in a&nbsp;<i><span class=\"glossary_item\">mikvah<\/span><\/i>&nbsp;on this day.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Extra charity is given. In fact, special charity trays are set up at the synagogue before the afternoon service, which contains the Yom Kippur&nbsp;<span class=\"glossary_item\">Al Cheit<\/span>&nbsp;prayer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Just before the fast begins (after the second meal has been concluded), it is customary to bless the children with the Priestly Blessing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"Yom Kippur Candle Lighting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/989590\/jewish\/Yom-Kippur-Candle-Lighting.htm\">Holiday candles are lit<\/a>&nbsp;before the onset of the holy day.&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"How Many Candles on Yom Kippur?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/1303865\/jewish\/How-Many-Candles-on-Yom-Kippur.htm\">Read more about the various candles traditionally lit before Yom Kippur.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What We Do After Yom Kippur&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"imagetable w96 margin05 widen img500\" align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"imagecell\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/w2.chabad.org\/media\/images\/847\/heBe8478602.jpg?_i=_n32DD4A5CE5B405756B86D11830CBE5B1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 685px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w2.chabad.org\/media\/images\/847\/heBe8478602.jpg?_i=_n32DD4A5CE5B405756B86D11830CBE5B1 500w, https:\/\/w2.chabad.org\/media\/images\/847\/heBe8478602.jpg?_i=_n76B3E6A404D908E662A1538A4A879637 480w\" alt=\"Lulavim and etrogim for sale in Israel prior to Sukkot (file photo).\" width=\"100%\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"captioncell\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Lulavim and etrogim for sale in&nbsp;<span class=\"glossary_item\">Israel<\/span>&nbsp;prior to&nbsp;<span class=\"glossary_item\">Sukkot<\/span>&nbsp;(file photo).<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">After night has fallen, the closing&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"How Many Sets of Prayers On Yom Kippur?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/997118\/jewish\/How-Many-Sets-of-Prayers-On-Yom-Kippur.htm\">Neilah<\/a>&nbsp;service ends with the resounding cries of the&nbsp;<span class=\"glossary_item\">Shema<\/span>&nbsp;prayer: \u201cHear O Israel: G\u2011d is our L\u2011rd, G\u2011d is one.\u201d Then the congregants erupt in joyous song and dance (a&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"About Chabad-Lubavitch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/244369\/jewish\/About-Chabad-Lubavitch.htm\">Chabad<\/a>&nbsp;custom is to sing the lively \u201cNapoleon\u2019s March\u201d), after which a single blast is blown on the&nbsp;<i><a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"Shofar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/4837\/jewish\/Shofar.htm\">shofar<\/a><\/i>, followed by the proclamation, \u201cNext year in&nbsp;<span class=\"glossary_item\">Jerusalem<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We then partake of a festive after-fast meal, making the evening after Yom Kippur a&nbsp;<i><span class=\"glossary_item\">yom tov<\/span><\/i>&nbsp;(festival) in its own right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Indeed, although Yom Kippur is the most solemn day of the year, it is suffused with an undercurrent of joy; it is the joy of being immersed in the spirituality of the day and expresses confidence that G\u2011d will accept our repentance, forgive our sins, and seal our verdict for a year of life, health and happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">There is a custom that after Yom Kippur, we immediately begin (planning) construction of the&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"What Is a Sukkah?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/609535\/jewish\/What-Is-a-Sukkah.htm\">sukkah<\/a>, which we will use for the joyous holiday of&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" title=\"What Is Sukkot?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/4784\/jewish\/What-Is-Sukkot.htm\">Sukkot<\/a>, which follows in just five days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Observe Yom Kippur Chabad.org Yom Kippur In Brief Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to G\u2011d and to the essence of our souls. 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