Judaism

High Holidays 2: יום כיפור - Yom Kippur and some history

Yom Kippur

The words יוֹם כִּפּוּר mean Day of Atonement. A remark for those who doesn't know: Yom Kippur is considered the most important prayer day in our religion, the day the God is judging the whole world and the Jewish people in particular for their sins during the year.

High Holidays 1: ראש השנה - Rosh Ha-Shana

The High Holidays

As the major Jewish holidays are approaching, many will be interested to either learn the holiday vocabulary or to have the explanations handy to teach kids etc.

In this article we start to explain some Hebrew words and names used relevant to the High Holidays period: from Rosh ha-Shana to Yom Kippur.

 

Rosh ha-Shana

That's Jewish New Year, and the name literally means the Year's Head.

Jewish Holidays

This section is dedicated to all Hebrew words and terms related to Judaism, Jewish holidays, and so on.

Once we're getting close to the High Holidays this year, I'll start with an article dedicated to Rosh ha-Shana and Yom Kippur, and will try to proceed with similar articles on each holiday, more or less. Even if we miss something, there is always another opportunity next year. Cool

 

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