by 3 hours ago
ANSWERS: 2
-
It's the Jewish Day of Atonement. A day set aside for fasting, depriving oneself of pleasures, and repenting from the sins of the previous year. It's probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year. Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and G-d, not for sins against another person. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible. That must all be done before Yom Kippur. Many Jews who do not observe any other Jewish custom will refrain from work, fast and/or attend synagogue services on this day. Yom Kippur occurs on the 10th day of Tishri (the date of Jewish holidays does not change from year to year. Holidays are celebrated on the same day of the Jewish calendar every year, but the Jewish year is not the same length as a solar year on the Gregorian calendar used by most of the western world, so the date shifts on the Gregorian calendar).
-
Little known fact: The Muslim holiday of Ashura (literally: "ten") has become the day when Shi'ites remember the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali. Originally, though, it was Yom Kippur and the earliest Muslims celebrated it alongside the Jews. The Muslim and Jewish calendars are different, so it's not easy to recognize that both holidays started out on the same day. Too bad that present-day Muslims and Jews are too convinced that they're supposed to be enemies to celebrate their shared past... it's a rich one! (Please don't punish me with a bad rating for being irrelevant... I'm a Muslim who has known and loved many Jews, and I thought that factoid was too cool to keep to myself!)
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC