Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is one of the most significant days for Jews, who spend most of the day in synagogues observing 25-hour long fasting and prayer.
During the special day, which is observed on the tenth day of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, devotees seek for forgiveness and promise not to repeat their sins.
Yom Kippur is devoted to "afflicting the soul" and is a period when people get a chance to repent on the sins they have committed in the previous year.
It is considered as the "Sabbath of Sabbaths" and work is considered forbidden during the period.
Check out some quotes and verses to be shared on Yom Kippur 2015 below:
The entire world is God's message of love to us. Yom Kippur is the time when we are most open to receive this message. - Rabbi Noah Weinberg
If a person fasts for his/her sins, and goes again and does the same things, who will listen to her/his plead. And what has (s)he gained by humbling him/herself?. Sirach or Ecclesiasticus 34:26
We should not be the same person the day after Yom Kippur that we were the day before Yom Kippur. We should be moving ahead, raising our lives to a higher level. - Rabbi Marc D Angel
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgment when, collectively and repeatedly, we confess our sins and pray to be written into God's Book of life. - Jonathan Sacks.
If a wo/man says, I will sin and repent and then I will sin again and repent, s/he is not in a position to repent. Likewise if s/he says: I will sin, and the Day of Atonement will atone for me, the Day of Atonement will not atone for her/him. - M Yoma 9:9
The work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever. - Isaiah 32:17
When Jews appear for Divine judgment, the angels say to them: "Don't be afraid, the Judge...is your Father. - Midrash Tehillim
Check out some wishes, messages and picture greetings to be shared on Yom Kippur 2015 below:
When we leave this world neither silver nor gold nor precious stones and pearls accompany us, but only Torah and good deeds. Happy Yom Kippur wishes
God has asked us to love everyone. Yom Kippur is the day when we can open most to receive this message from God. Happy Yom Kippur
The work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever. Happy Yom Kippur
May the coming year be a better year, and may we all be better, more meaningful and more considerate to the whole world. Yom Kippur wishes
