RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Fast and pray for atonement
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Rest and worship from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown
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They read the Torah in a Sinagogue
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They decorate a tree and exchange gifts
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Torah commands all Jewish adults (apart from the sick, the elderly and women who have just given birth) to abstain from eating and drinking between sundown on the evening before Yom Kippur and nightfall the next day. The fast is believed to cleanse the body and spirit, not to serve as a punishment.
Detailed explanation-3: -confession. restitution. the occurrence of Yom Kippur (the day itself, as distinct from the Temple service performed on it) tribulations (unpleasant life experiences) the experience of dying. More items