Meaning "Day of Atonement" in Hebrew, Yom Kippur is recognized as the holiest day in Judaism. It marks the tenth and final day of the High Holidays, also known as "Days of Awe." Rosh Hashanah ...

interactiveBitesize: What is Yom Kippur? This Bitesize guide, aimed at 7-11 year-olds, uses video and interactive activities to explore the meaning of Yom Kippur. Newsround: What is Yom Kippur.

Other activities that can add meaning to Yom Kippur for young children are attending children’s services at a synagogue or going for a walk with other Jewish families. Reading the story of Jonah ...

The holy rebbe, Rav Yisroel of Ruzhin, adds that Purim is even more, for while on Yom Kippur Hashem forgives only with teshuva, repentance, on Purim He forgives as soon as we ask Him, as it says, Kol ...

The holy days have great meaning for the Christians who keep them ... For the Living Church of God, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — the former begins this year on the evening of Sept.