The Day of Atonement, also known as Yom Kippur, is the Jewish holiday that concludes the Ten Days of Penitence. It's a day to reconcile with God and other people, a day to ask for forgiveness. This is the day that God will make the decision for what your life will be like for the next year. On this holiday you do not have sex, you fast, you don't wear leather or any perfume, and you don't wash. This is the one holiday where you go to the synagogue (even if you do not go usually). This is the only day of the year when they have five services.
for more information:http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/holydays/yomkippur.shtml
~http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday4.htm
~ the Patterns of Religion book
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