Yom Kippur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
YOM KIPPUR Heb.,=day of atonement, in Judaism...Jews gather in synagogues on the Eve of Yom Kippur, when the fast begins, and return the following...prayers, Kol Nidre, is chanted on the Eve of Yom Kippur. Biblical origins are found in Leviticus...