Yom Kipur
- Gene Keener
- Sep 24
- 1 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
The ten days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kipur are called Atseret y’mei teshuvah, the 10 Days of Repentance
A proper greeting during this time is: hatimah tovah, or ‘May the final seal be good’.
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:26-32 26
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
27 “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
28 And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORDyour God.
29 For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people.
30 And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
31 You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”
The ‘afflicting of your souls’ has been established as a complete fast of both food and water starting the 9th of Tishrei before sundown and continuing to the evening of the 11th. About 25 hours in total.
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