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"The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness" (Hebrew: לֵ֗ב י֭וֹדֵעַ מׇרַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ) is a sugya (passage) in the Babylonian Talmud's tractate Yoma, which discusses when a person may be exempt from fasting on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The sugya hinges on the interpretation of a Biblical verse.
The formal Hebrew name of the holiday is Yom HaKippurim, 'day [of] the atonements'. [6] This name is used in the Bible, [7] Mishnah, [8] and Shulchan Aruch. [9] The word kippurim 'atonement' is one of many Biblical Hebrew words which, while using a grammatical plural form, refers to a singular abstract concept.
What is Yom Kippur? Following Rosh Hashanah on the calendar, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for people of the Jewish faith. With this holiday, God's judgment is final for the year, and ...
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יום כפור, romanized: yom kippūr, lit. 'Day of Atonement') is the holiest day of the Jewish year. The Hebrew Bible calls the day Yom Hakippurim "Day of the Atonement/s". In the Hebrew calendar, the ninth day of Tishrei is known as Erev Yom Kippur (Yom Kippur eve). Yom Kippur itself begins around sunset on that day and ...
Here, find the main Yom Kippur prayers in English and Hebrew, an online machzor, and learn about the five Yom Kippur services held on the High Holy Day.
Yom Kippur begins several minutes before sunset on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, and concludes at nightfall on Saturday, Oct. 12th, 2024. In the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur begins on the 10th day of ...
The word was also used to describe the epitome of sacrificial rite, the complex and fraught main service of the High Priest of Israel on Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement). Today it refers to a liturgical reenactment of the aforementioned ceremony which is recited during the Mussaf Amidah of Yom Kippur. [1]
Today we recognize Yom Kippur -- also known as the Day of Atonement -- a Jewish holiday that began last evening at sundown.