Article: Schools might take days off for Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana next year.(News)

Article: YOM KIPPUR TO BE OBSERVED WITH DAYLONG FAST, PRAYER
News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  September 18, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... and fasting that mark Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement ... Rosh Hashanah) and Yom Kippur are called the High Holy ... the High Holy Days. Yom Kippur ends at sundown with ... Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills will deal with "Religion ...

Article: Yom Kippur sermons mark new beginnings // ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 3, 1987 ;     690 words ... ... special. The messages of Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement ... humanity. "(During Yom Kippur) we are to make peace ... start with ourselves." Yom Kippur "is a time to talk about ... Reform), Libertyville/Vernon Hills, talked of recognizing ...

Encyclopedia entry: Yom Kippur
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion;      700+ words ...Yom Kippur ‘Day of Atonement’, the great fast on 10 Tishri. The Yom Kippur ritual in Temple times was based on the ... tractate Yoma is devoted to the Temple rites on Yom Kippur, even though the Temple had long been destroyed ...

Article: HIGH HOLIDAYS FEATURE (7): Yom Kippur affords ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  August 8, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... 1996 HIGH HOLIDAYS FEATURE (7): Yom Kippur affords penance for righteous and. wicked ... Greenberg NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (JTA) -- Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, brings with ... to the victim. Yet the very basis of Yom Kippur seems to be contradicted by an explicit ...

Article: Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur to begin at sundown
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  September 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest ... and day-long services Saturday. Yom Kippur is the culmination of 10 days of intense ... the New Year. From the New Year to Yom Kippur, Jews look at their life over the past ...

Article: U. Oregon students observe Yom Kippur
University Wire;  October 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... at sundown to observe the start of Yom Kippur, the "Day of Atonement." Meir Goldstein ... Oregon Hillel, said Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the Days of Awe -- the time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur -- are opportunities to look back ...

Article: Preparing for Yom Kippur
Jerusalem Post;  October 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... 07-2005 Headline: Preparing for Yom Kippur Byline: Levi Cooper Edition; Up Front ... 21 Friday, October 7, 2005 -- As Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) approaches ... are the crucial hours in the day before Yom Kippur - our last chance to ready ourselves ...