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September 24 • 2009
hen: This year, Yom
Kippur begins at sunset
on Sunday, Sept. 27, and
ends after sunset the following day.
• Why We Celebrate: Yom Kippur is
the Day of Atonement (yom in Hebrew
means day, and kippur means atone-
ment) when we seek expiation for our
sins. The commandment to observe
Yom Kippur is in Leviticus 16:29 and
Numbers 29:7. More about the holiday
can be found in Leviticus 16:30-34,
23:26-32 and Numbers 29:8-11.
Jewish scholars of ancient times cre-
ated a conceptual image for the High
Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur. This image is the Book of Life,
in which appears the name of every
person. On Rosh Hashanah, God opens
the book and decides the fate of each
soul; and on Yom Kippur, He seals His
decision.
Although it is generally said that
Yom Kippur — unlike holidays such
as Pesach, Shavuot, Chanukah and
Purim — does not commemorate
a historical event, traditionally we
believe that Yom Kippur is the anni-
versary of God's forgiving the Jewish
people their first disastrous, national
sin: the infamous episode of the
golden calf.
Moses chastised the people,
destroyed the tablets of the Torah and
went back up the mountain a second
time to pray for God's forgiveness and
to receive new tablets (Exodus 32:30-
35). He returned to the encampment
of Jews, then ascended the mountain
a third time (Exodus 34). This is
reckoned as the first day of Elul, the
month immediately preceding Rosh
Hashanah.
Moses prayed for God to grant the
Jewish people forgiveness and, after 40
days, God erased the collective sin of
the Jews. Moses returned to the people
with new tablets of the Torah on the
10th of Tishrei, which is Yom Kippur.
• Rites and Rituals: The biblical
commandment to observe Yom Kippur
directs Jews to "afflict" themselves.