Day of Atonement
Jewish fasting holiday
Day of Atonement is the English name for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.
Falling in autumn, it is a day of fasting, prayer, and repentance—a time to seek forgiveness for sins committed during the past year.
The day concludes the ten Days of Awe that begin with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Ritual horn from ram
Jewish prayers seeking forgiveness
- machzorHigh Holy Day prayerbook
- cantorLiturgical music leader
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- prayerAddress to deity
Need for nourishment
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- thirstNeed for fluid
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
pangs · emptiness · sunset · sundown · abstain · willpower · restraint · purification
Remorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
regret · sorrow · compunction · self-reproach · humility · soul-searching · reform · return
Formal clearing of guilt
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
remission · redemption · compassion · understanding · empathy · release · apology · amends
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
mindfulness · conscience · pondering · consideration · deliberation · self-awareness · self-scrutiny · evaluation
shofar
Ritual horn from ram
Ashkenazi · Sephardi · Hebrew · Israel · Judaism · machzor · Aliyah
Selichot
Jewish prayers seeking forgiveness
- machzorHigh Holy Day prayerbook
- cantorLiturgical music leader
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
prayer · chanting · Hebrew · prostration
hunger
Need for nourishment
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- thirstNeed for fluid
deprivation · pangs · emptiness · sunset · sundown · abstain · willpower · restraint · purification · discipline
contrition
Remorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
penance · regret · sorrow · compunction · self-reproach · humility · soul-searching · reform · return · renewal
absolution
Formal clearing of guilt
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
grace · remission · redemption · compassion · understanding · empathy · release · apology · amends · healing
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
soul-searching · mindfulness · conscience · pondering · consideration · deliberation · self-awareness · self-scrutiny · evaluation · accounting
- Religious HolidaysEaster Sunday, Passover, Pentecost, Good Friday, Ramadan
- Israelite Worshiptabernacle, Ark of the Covenant, high priest, burnt offering, sin offering
- Jewish CalendarRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Pesach, Passover, Hanukkah
- Jewish FestivalsPassover, Shabbat, Sukkot, Shavuot, Yom Kippur
- Mosaic lawMoses, Mosaic law, Ten Commandments, tablets of stone, commandment
- religious fastsLent, Ramadan, Yom Kippur, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday
Day of AtonementPurim
Adar feast day
Mardi Gras · Carnival · feast day · celebration · Passover Seder
Day of Atonementunrepentance
Lack of remorse
impenitence · unforgiven · condemnation · transgression · guilt
Day of Atonementfeast
Elaborate ceremonial meal
banquet · indulgence · gluttony · revelry · bacchanalia
reconciliation, atonement, repentance, expiation, atoning, atoned, propitiation, atoner, atonements