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Article: CONFESSION, FASTING MARK YOM KIPPUR.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- October 5, 2003
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Byline: Holly Andres Staff Writer
A day of prayer and fasting begins at sundown today when Jews observe Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
``Yom Kippur is considered the Sabbath of Sabbaths, the day on which we approach God individually to confess our sins,'' said Rabbi Donald Goor of Temple Judea in Tarzana.
``It's a day of reflection, of contemplation, of confession and of renewal. We abstain from eating and drinking, along with other things, so that we can focus on the serious work of the day.''
Synagogues this evening will hold services called Kol Nidre or ``all vows.'' The Kol Nidre prayer and communal confessions are recited ...