The tenth day of the month of iTishrei The month of Tishrei is the first month of the Jewish calendar, at the time of September-October. , completion of the Ten Days of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the most important religious holiday in Judaism. This is the Day of Fasting, the Day of Atonement, the Day of Absolution, the Day of Record in the Book of Life. On this day, God passes his final judgement to each man…. The main task for each man is rectification and purification.
From dawn to dusk, men fast for nearly twenty-five hours – no working, no eating, no drinking, no washing, no wearing leather shoes…. Mandatory attendance of a synagogue, the floor of which is covered with grass or paper... The ritual of redemption iKapparot Kapparot is a Jewish ritual between the Jewish religious holidays Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the most famous element of which is waving a live chicken around a person’s head three times. , a practice of waving a live hen or cock around a person’s head…. This is the only time in a year when men wear itallit A tallit is a men’s prayer shawl of a rectangular shape in Judaism (Hebrew). s for the evening prayer, and at the end of Yom Kippur, after the iNeilah The Neilah prayer is a prayer in Judaism read at dusk on the days of public fasts. Prayer, they blow a ishofar A shofar is a ritual musical instrument made of a horn of a ram or a mountain goat used in Judaic religious services. .
Two thousand years after…. Modern Israel, Yom Kippur. From dawn to dusk, there is a work ban, stillness, empty roads, the airport is closed…. Children ride their bicycles on the roads, and in the evening, people walk around wearing white clothes, like angels.
And again, nearly a twenty-five-hours fasting period, the Kapparot ritual, the only time in a year when men wear tallits for the evening prayer, and at the end of Yom Kippur, after the Neilah Prayer, they blow a shofar. Just like two thousand years ago, God is signing is final sentence to us….
