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vo4,!l!g?uR Jewish holidags should be celebratedand eqioged. ltreg are not onlg opportunities to bring the familg closertog&her, but are also opportunitiesto bring us closerto God.lhe FamilgHoli&g SurrrivalGuides were written to provide easy accessto abasic understandingof each Jewish holidag and to facilitate celebration at home and in the sgnagogue.
on Yom Kipp:r
2. S'licha or sincere regret. is step two. 3. the final step is Teshuvah, making a vow or a promise not to repeat the sin. If it is possible to make up for the sin bg apologizing or bg returning a stolen object,for example,then that is an important part of atoning.
Yom Kippur or the Dag of Atonement is the last of the Ten Dags of Awe which begin with Rosh Hashanah during the Hebrew month of Tishri. During these ten dags, Jews turn to God as the Judge of the Universe. It is both a serious dag and the most holg dag of the gear. It is a dag to reflect and ask It is a mitzvah to refrain from eating and &inking forgiveness for one's "sins" and promise to improve for 24 hours. Fasting was originallg seen as fulfilling one's behavior. the llebrew word for repenlance is the Biblical commandment to practice self-denial. Teshuvah which means turning or returning. the It is the one dag in which each ^dllt is to ignore the meaning of Teshuvah is for one to correct the wrong phgsical desires and give full attention to the direction one is going in and return to the right path. spiritual needs of repentanceandself - improvement.
Commandments& CustomsMitovot & Minhagim In the sgnagogue
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It is a mitzvan. to be in the sgnagogue all dag and alone for m one's sins. The process of @ q I 6 u atonement or asking for forg'iveness is a three step ptocessi l. Vidui or confession. Confession is to admit to Godthebad things one has done during the pastgear. Duringthe Yom Kippur senlice,lhere arelwo pragers of confession which include along list of sins. these pragers are reciled toge/cheras one commumtg. N q a d
Some Rabbis and some traditional Jews weat white on Yom Kippur. White is a sgmbol of puritg. White is also the color some Jews are bvied in and is a sgmbol of mortalitg as well as a remin der of t}l,eneed for humilitg and repenla'nce on Yom Kippur. there is a custorrr, though not universal to refrain from wearing leather, evenleather shoeg becauseil is from a slain animal. Perhaps this custom developedbecatse Moses was asked to remove his shoes in the presence of the Burning Bush. Therefore, some Jews wear tennis shoes to sgnagogue on Yom Kippur.
Kol Ni&e is a beautiful and well - known prager sung during the Yom Kippur ser'rices. Kol Nidre means all vows. It is a prager which articulates a reqrrest to Godto forEve one for all of the promises which were made and not kept during the past gear.
Familg Tdk and Familg Activities
There are a set of customs on Yom Kippur which involve perpetualing the memorg of loved ones. Mang Jews visit the cemeterg the dag beforeYom Kippur and kindle a 24 hour garzheit candle in memorg of a depa*ed loved one. Which graves Yizkor: a memorial service,is rccited on Yom Kippur, would gour familg wish to visit? Share something Shavuot, t}re last dag of Sukkot and Passover. The special about these people, that will help to keep servtceinvolves both a commemoration of death and their memorg alive. a quest for a higher level of spiritualitg. T]r,,eHebrew word used for sin - chet comes from It is a custom to hear the story of "Jonah and the archerg. It refers to missing th,e tilget When an Big Fish", which teaches that all people canrepent archer misses a target,lb'e archer aims and shoots and return to God.Tlbe people of Ninevah were not again. Discuss how each member of the familg can Jewish which teaches that 6od's mercg extends to take the opportunitg of Yom allpeople. Kippur to aim again at doing Yom Kippur ends with a single blast of the shofar. There ate several explanations. One explanation is that it is the reminder of the time the Jews rcceived the Torah at Sinai and the shofar was blown. Another exVlanation for the blowing of the shofar is the superstition that the shofar blast mag confuse Satan, who mag trg to harm the Jewish people.
something better, Before the evening of Yom Kippur write down the goaL seal it in an envelope and one month from Yom Kippur open it up. Were gou succesEful in getling closer to gour goal "gour bull's ege" ? Judaism teaches that it is never toolate to do Teshuvah. Discuss this philosophg with gour familg. Can gou think of circumstances in which being forgiving is wacceptable?
Mang sgnagogues set tp a food bank and ask congregants to bring food on Yom Kippur. Chil&en could do some "independent marketing" and select At llome the items atlh'e market for ttre food bank. Discuss T h e t r a d i t i o n a l g r e e t i n g u s e d b e t w e e n R o s h nutritious and tastg non perishable foods which are llashanah and Yom Kippur is G'nar Chatimah Tovah, smart choices for afood bank. whichliterallg means "conclusion of a goodsealing", this erpression means broadlg "mag gou be written Repairing relationships: Give each member of the into and sealed in the Book of Life for a qood and familg aband-aid. Write the name of a person with whom theg have a broken relationship. think of happg gear;' wags to repair the relationship. When gou sag llrere is a ceremong called kapporot on the morning something to hurt someone, can aband-aid make it precedhgYom Kippur, in which a chicken is snrirled feelbetter? around the head while the following words are spoken "This is in exchangefor gou. This is in place Yom Kipnu In Israel with gou. ltris is gour atonement. It will go to its Since r}:e 1973 Yom Kippur Wanlsrael is in a staLe deathinstead of gou. But gou will go to a goodlong of heightened securitg on Yom Kippur. life and to peace." One can seethe ceremong of llapporot, the swingrng It is a custom to end Yom Kippur with the mitzvah of the chicken in the open marketplaee of Mahane of hammering the first nail into the sukkah. Yehuda in Jerusalem.
vo4,!l!g?uR Jewish holidags should be celebratedand eqioged. ltreg are not onlg opportunities to bring the familg closertog&her, but are also opportunitiesto bring us closerto God.lhe FamilgHoli&g SurrrivalGuides were written to provide easy accessto abasic understandingof each Jewish holidag and to facilitate celebration at home and in the sgnagogue.
on Yom Kipp:r
2. S'licha or sincere regret. is step two. 3. the final step is Teshuvah, making a vow or a promise not to repeat the sin. If it is possible to make up for the sin bg apologizing or bg returning a stolen object,for example,then that is an important part of atoning.
Yom Kippur or the Dag of Atonement is the last of the Ten Dags of Awe which begin with Rosh Hashanah during the Hebrew month of Tishri. During these ten dags, Jews turn to God as the Judge of the Universe. It is both a serious dag and the most holg dag of the gear. It is a dag to reflect and ask It is a mitzvah to refrain from eating and &inking forgiveness for one's "sins" and promise to improve for 24 hours. Fasting was originallg seen as fulfilling one's behavior. the llebrew word for repenlance is the Biblical commandment to practice self-denial. Teshuvah which means turning or returning. the It is the one dag in which each ^dllt is to ignore the meaning of Teshuvah is for one to correct the wrong phgsical desires and give full attention to the direction one is going in and return to the right path. spiritual needs of repentanceandself - improvement.
Commandments& CustomsMitovot & Minhagim In the sgnagogue
or)ilrbt fillrrr T
It is a mitzvan. to be in the sgnagogue all dag and alone for m one's sins. The process of @ q I 6 u atonement or asking for forg'iveness is a three step ptocessi l. Vidui or confession. Confession is to admit to Godthebad things one has done during the pastgear. Duringthe Yom Kippur senlice,lhere arelwo pragers of confession which include along list of sins. these pragers are reciled toge/cheras one commumtg. N q a d
Some Rabbis and some traditional Jews weat white on Yom Kippur. White is a sgmbol of puritg. White is also the color some Jews are bvied in and is a sgmbol of mortalitg as well as a remin der of t}l,eneed for humilitg and repenla'nce on Yom Kippur. there is a custorrr, though not universal to refrain from wearing leather, evenleather shoeg becauseil is from a slain animal. Perhaps this custom developedbecatse Moses was asked to remove his shoes in the presence of the Burning Bush. Therefore, some Jews wear tennis shoes to sgnagogue on Yom Kippur.
Kol Ni&e is a beautiful and well - known prager sung during the Yom Kippur ser'rices. Kol Nidre means all vows. It is a prager which articulates a reqrrest to Godto forEve one for all of the promises which were made and not kept during the past gear.
Familg Tdk and Familg Activities
There are a set of customs on Yom Kippur which involve perpetualing the memorg of loved ones. Mang Jews visit the cemeterg the dag beforeYom Kippur and kindle a 24 hour garzheit candle in memorg of a depa*ed loved one. Which graves Yizkor: a memorial service,is rccited on Yom Kippur, would gour familg wish to visit? Share something Shavuot, t}re last dag of Sukkot and Passover. The special about these people, that will help to keep servtceinvolves both a commemoration of death and their memorg alive. a quest for a higher level of spiritualitg. T]r,,eHebrew word used for sin - chet comes from It is a custom to hear the story of "Jonah and the archerg. It refers to missing th,e tilget When an Big Fish", which teaches that all people canrepent archer misses a target,lb'e archer aims and shoots and return to God.Tlbe people of Ninevah were not again. Discuss how each member of the familg can Jewish which teaches that 6od's mercg extends to take the opportunitg of Yom allpeople. Kippur to aim again at doing Yom Kippur ends with a single blast of the shofar. There ate several explanations. One explanation is that it is the reminder of the time the Jews rcceived the Torah at Sinai and the shofar was blown. Another exVlanation for the blowing of the shofar is the superstition that the shofar blast mag confuse Satan, who mag trg to harm the Jewish people.
something better, Before the evening of Yom Kippur write down the goaL seal it in an envelope and one month from Yom Kippur open it up. Were gou succesEful in getling closer to gour goal "gour bull's ege" ? Judaism teaches that it is never toolate to do Teshuvah. Discuss this philosophg with gour familg. Can gou think of circumstances in which being forgiving is wacceptable?
Mang sgnagogues set tp a food bank and ask congregants to bring food on Yom Kippur. Chil&en could do some "independent marketing" and select At llome the items atlh'e market for ttre food bank. Discuss T h e t r a d i t i o n a l g r e e t i n g u s e d b e t w e e n R o s h nutritious and tastg non perishable foods which are llashanah and Yom Kippur is G'nar Chatimah Tovah, smart choices for afood bank. whichliterallg means "conclusion of a goodsealing", this erpression means broadlg "mag gou be written Repairing relationships: Give each member of the into and sealed in the Book of Life for a qood and familg aband-aid. Write the name of a person with whom theg have a broken relationship. think of happg gear;' wags to repair the relationship. When gou sag llrere is a ceremong called kapporot on the morning something to hurt someone, can aband-aid make it precedhgYom Kippur, in which a chicken is snrirled feelbetter? around the head while the following words are spoken "This is in exchangefor gou. This is in place Yom Kipnu In Israel with gou. ltris is gour atonement. It will go to its Since r}:e 1973 Yom Kippur Wanlsrael is in a staLe deathinstead of gou. But gou will go to a goodlong of heightened securitg on Yom Kippur. life and to peace." One can seethe ceremong of llapporot, the swingrng It is a custom to end Yom Kippur with the mitzvah of the chicken in the open marketplaee of Mahane of hammering the first nail into the sukkah. Yehuda in Jerusalem.
