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Yom Kippur: The Day of AtonementThis week we’re learning about the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar: Yom Kippur. This upcoming fall holiday is a solemn day with great significance not only for the Jewish people but for Christians as well. God established this holy day in the book of Leviticus to cause the Israelites to repent of their …
Yom KippurYom Kippur is a special Jewish holiday. Where other holidays focus on feasting, this one focuses on fasting. Where others cause people to celebrate joyfully, this one causes people to pray remorsefully. This is a day to ask God to cover and forgive sins. Whereas sacrifices covered sins individually in the Old Testament, repentance at Yom Kippur covered sins …