Yom Kippur

Culture of origin: Jewish · Cultural

Holiday sources: Iran · Israel · Judaism

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish year, on 10 Tishrei. It is kept with a full fast and long prayer services, usually in synagogue, centred on repentance and the confession of sins. It is the last of the Ten Days of Repentance that begin with Rosh Hashanah, and the two together make up the High Holy Days. By custom the shofar is sounded at its close.