Have an easy fast from Klein Real Estate | West L.A. Land

We at Klein Real Estate would like to wish our Jewish friends, clients, colleagues and family members an easy fast for Yom Kippur. ?For those not familiar with this day, Yom Kippur,?also known as?Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the?Jewish people. Its central themes are?atonement?and?repentance. Jewish people traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of?fasting?and intensive?prayer, often spending most of the day in?synagogue?services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in?Judaism?as the?High Holy Days?or Yamim Nora?im (?Days of Awe?).

Yom Kippur is the tenth day of the month of?Tishrei. According to Jewish tradition,?God?inscribes each person?s fate for the coming year into a book, the?Book of Life, on?Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to ?seal? the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God and against other human beings. The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and private petitions and confessions of guilt. ?At the end of Yom Kippur, one hopes that they have been forgiven by God.

The Yom Kippur prayer service includes several unique aspects. One is the actual number of prayer services. Unlike a regular day, which has three prayer services (Ma?ariv, the evening prayer;?Shacharit, the morning prayer; and?Mincha, the afternoon prayer), or a?Shabbat?or?Yom Tov, which have four prayer services (Ma?ariv;?Shacharit;?Mussaf, the additional prayer; and?Mincha), Yom Kippur has five prayer services (Ma?ariv;?Shacharit;?Musaf;?Mincha; and?Ne?ilah, the closing prayer). The prayer services also include private and public confessions of sins (Vidui) and a unique prayer dedicated to the special Yom Kippur?avodah?(service) of the?Kohen Gadol?in the?Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

As one of the most culturally significant Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur is observed by many?secular Jews?who may not observe other holidays. Many secular Jews attend synagogue on Yom Kippur?for many secular Jews the High Holy Days are the only recurring times of the year in which they attend synagogue??causing synagogue attendance to soar.

However you observe this important day, may you have an easy fast.

Source: ?Wikipedia

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