WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Therefore, traditionally, Jews fast on Yom Kippur, refraining from both food and drink for the entire 25 hours of the holiday. It is also traditional to refrain from other earthly pleasures, such as bathing and wearing leather shoes, something seen as a luxury in ancient times.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fasting on Yom Kippur enables individuals to transcend the physical and focus on matters of the spirit. Yom Kippur, the culmination of the Ten Days of Repentance that begin with Rosh Hashanah, is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is a day when Jews feel closest to God and atone for their sins.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jewish congregations spend the eve of Yom Kippur and the entire day in prayer and meditation. The services on Yom Kippur continue from morning to evening, include readings from the Torah and the reciting of penitential prayers, and end with closing prayers and the blowing of the ritual horn known as the shofar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, and is a day (usually upward of 24 hours) for fasting, with no food or drink. If you do keep the fast (even most of it), what you choose to eat afterward is important.