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The next day, there are the Yom Kippur daytime services of Shachrit, Musaf (additional service), and Mincha. The Viddui, which means "confession," is a unique prayer repeated many times during Yom ...
The prayer services also include private and public confessions of sins , [20] and a unique prayer dedicated to the special Yom Kippur avodah (service) of the Kohen Gadol (high priest) in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. [102] The Yom Kippur prayer services include additional poems and petitions for forgiveness .
Kol Nidrei is not a prayer, it makes no requests and is not addressed to God, rather, it is a juristic declaration before the Yom Kippur prayers begin. It follows the juridical practice of requiring three men as a tribunal, the procedure beginning before sundown, and of the proclamation being announced three times.
In Judaism, the Yom Kippur Temple service was a special sacrificial service performed by the High Priest of Israel on the holiday of Yom Kippur, in the Temple in Jerusalem (and previously in the Tabernacle). Through this service, according to the Bible, the Jewish people would achieve atonement for their sins once each year.
Then the whole Yom Kippur Temple service is described in detail: the preparation of the High Priest during seven days preceding the festival, the appointment of a substitute to meet the emergency of the High Priest's becoming disqualified, the preparation of the holy vessels, the offering of the regular morning sacrifice, the baths and ablutions of the High Priest, his different changes of ...
Instead of wishing a happy Yom Kippur, use one of these common phrases in Hebrew or English. ... and spend the day in Yom Kippur prayer. There is a festive meal to break the fast after sundown ...
A prayer recited in the synagogue at the beginning of the evening service on Yom Kippur (יום כיפור ), the Day of Atonement. It is a declaration of absolution from vows taken, to free the congregants from guilt due to unfulfilled vows during the previous (and/or coming) year. Kabalat Shabbat: קבלת שבת
How is Yom Kippur celebrated? According to Chabad.org, many Jews observing the holiday spend the holiday in prayer. It is a day for solemnity, rather than celebration.