 Yom Kippur
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The name "Yom Kippur" means "Day of Atonement," it is a day set aside to "afflict the soul," to atone for the sins of the past year.Yom Kippur Party Theme
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Yom Kippur Party Theme
Yom Kippur means "Day of Atonement" in Hebrew and is the time of year when Jewish people all over the world make amends for their past sins. Yom Kippur is a complete Sabbath and no work can be performed as well as refraining from eating and drinking, washing, anointing ones body with perfume or lotion, engaging in marital relations or wearing leather shoes. Customarily most of the holiday is spent preying in synagogue and white is worn to symbolize purity and the hopes that sins will be made as white as snow.
Keep the party theme flowing throughout each aspect of
the event. First, the party invitations set the theme and tone of
the occasion. Some guests will bring gifts based on the Yom Kippur
party theme. Use Yom Kippur decorations, centerpieces,
tablecovers, Thank you notes, party supplies, hats, blowouts, confetti,
paper plates, cups, napkins etc. Complete the Yom Kippur party theme
with Yom Kippur party favors.
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Yom Kippur is a day of dedication to atonement and abstinence. It is the most sacred of all the Jewish holidays and is known as the Sabbath of Sabbaths. During Rosh Hashanah God has judged most of mankind and has recorded his judgment in the Book of Life then gives ten days to reprieve. Then, on Yom Kippur is sealed and all those who have repented their sins will be granted a good and happy New Year. Yom Kippur is basically a day of "not doing". The idea is to emulate the angels in heaven who do not eat, drink, or wash. The five main don'ts of Yom Kippur are no eating or drinking, no anointing with perfumes or lotions, no marital relations, no washing and no wearing leather shoes. On the night before Yom Kipper the Jewish community will join at the synagogue for the Vidui (or confession) service. Here confessions are expressed verbally as a community and are part of the formal repentance in asking G-ds forgiveness. Vidui is the only service during the year that the doors to the Ark, where the Torah scrolls are kept, are open the entire service to signify that the gates of Heaven are open at this time.
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