Day of Atonement
This Jewish holiday is considered the holiest day of the year.
What is Yom Kippur?
Adults refrain from eating and drinking for this many hours on Yom Kippur.
What is about 25 hours?
The blowing of this instrument marks the end of Yom Kippur.
What is the Shofar?
Yom Kippur is first mentioned in this Jewish holy text.
What is the Torah?
Many people wear this color on Yom Kippur to symbolize purity.
What is white?
This period of reflection and repentance begins on Rosh Hashanah and ends on Yom Kippur.
What is the Ten Days of Repentance?
This powerful prayer, recited at the start of Yom Kippur, asks for the annulment of vows.
What is Kol Nidre?
This book of the Torah contains the commandment to observe Yom Kippur.
What is Leviticus?
In ancient times, this sacred building in Jerusalem was central to Yom Kippur observances.
What is the Temple?
This meal, eaten before the fast begins, is traditionally filling but not too salty.
What is the pre-fast meal?
According to Jewish tradition, this is sealed at the end of Yom Kippur, determining a person's fate for the year.
What is the Book of Life?
This prayer, recited multiple times on Yom Kippur, is a confession of sins.
What is the Vidui?
Yom Kippur and this make up the two Jewish High Holy Days
What is Rosh Hashanah?
The High Priest performed special rituals in this most sacred part of the Temple on Yom Kippur.
What is the Holy of Holies?
It is customary to give this as an act of charity before Yom Kippur.
What is Tzedakah?
This Hebrew term, meaning "repentance," is a key theme of Yom Kippur.
What is Teshuvah?
The final prayer service of Yom Kippur, meaning "closing," symbolizes the closing of the gates of repentance.
What is Neilah?
In the Temple period, this ritual involving two goats was performed by the High Priest on Yom Kippur.
What is the scapegoat ritual?
This major Jewish prophet is associated with the concept of repentance, a key theme of Yom Kippur.
Who is Jonah?
Many people avoid wearing these on Yom Kippur as a sign of humility.
What are leather shoes?
Yom Kippur is one of these special types of Jewish holidays, which translates to "appointed times" in Hebrew.
What is a Moed?
This additional section of prayers for forgiveness is included in the longer version of the Amidah on Yom Kippur.
What are the Selichot?
The Hebrew greeting G’mar Chatimah Tovah means this in English, and is traditionally said on Yom Kippur.
What is "May you be sealed for a good year,"
Yom Kippur is one of the holidays described in this section of the Torah that details Jewish festivals.
What is Parashat Emor?
At the end of Yom Kippur, this sound marks the conclusion of the fast.
What is the final blast of the shofar?