From the evening of September 20, 2026, followers of Judaism will celebrate Yom Kippur

On the 10th of the month of Tishrei, the most important day of the year for religious Jews, Yom Kippur, will come. In 2026, it is celebrated from the evening of September 20 to the evening of September 21.

Yom Kippur concludes the “Days of Awe” or “Ten Days of Repentance,” which begins on the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah. The name Yom Kippur can be translated as “Day of Atonement”. Yom Kippur is also considered a day of reconciliation and is sometimes referred to as “Saturday Saturday”. The Jews believe that 10 Tishreyas are judged according to how they spent the year.

One of the main traditions of Yom Kippur is to abstain from food and drink for almost 25 hours. Fasting usually begins half an hour before sunset and ends the next evening after the third star appears in the sky.

Religious Jews in Yom Kippur spend a lot of time in synagogues and reading prayers. Many Jews come to the synagogue and do not attend on other days. It is forbidden to work, drive a car and use mobile phones. Jews also refuse cosmetics, wearing leather shoes and intimacy.

Other Yom Kippur traditions include the wish for a “good record” in the Book of Life, the wish for “easy fasting,” and the custom of asking forgiveness from others.

Halakhah, or Jewish law, implies that the preservation of human life is in almost all cases a higher priority than the observance of certain religious norms. For this reason, doctors and firefighters continue to work in Yom Kippur, and fasting, according to one interpretation, is required only from those whose life is not threatened by prolonged refusal of food.

The traditions of Yom Kippur are followed not only by committed Jews, but also by many secular Jews, especially in Israel. There are no television and radio stations in the country, the airport is closed and there is no public transport. There are almost no cars on the roads, except for ambulances, police and fire departments.

The most religious Jews stay in Yom Kippur in a synagogue all night long.

The Jewish calendar is lunar-solar, so that each calendar date in it always falls not only on the same season of the year, but also on the same phase of the moon. The new day begins in the evening.

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