Yom Kippur

Speech parts

1. Yom Kippur - Noun

2. Yom Kippur - Proper noun

Meaning

(Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Day of Atonement Hanukkah elul adar judgment day judgement day Iyar Cheshvan av High Holidays Jewish holy day Yom HaKippurim Yom HaDin the day of cleansing the day of reconciliation
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Antonyms

Hanukkah Chanukah Festival of Lights Hanukah Hannukah Chanukkah
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Hypernyms

High Holiday High Holy Day major fast day

Examples

In the matrimonial life of the Jewish male every day is Yom Kippur. Howard Jacobson

Until the Yom Kippur War, in 1973, until then Israel didn't have a chance but to fight for her life. We were attacked five times, outgunned, outnumbered, on a small piece of land, and our main challenge was to remain alive. Shimon Peres

The moment you ask a child in Israel what Yom Kippur means to him, and he answers the Yom Kippur War, or a fun day on a bicycle - then I don't know if that is Zionism or whatever you call it, but it has certainly become bankrupt. Lev Leviev

I'm of Russian-Jewish background. Like many Soviet Jews, my parents were engineers. My family migrated from Ukraine to Israel when I was six. They arrived in Israel with very little... Within a year of arriving in Israel, the Yom Kippur War happened. Sasha Roiz

Although often regarded as the start of the Yom Kippur evening service—to such a degree that Erev Yom Kippur ("Yom Kippur Evening") is often called "Kol Nidre" (also spelled "Kol Nidrei")—it is technically a separate tradition. Source: Internet

Apparently these fasts included a Ne'ilah (closing) prayer, a prayer now reserved for recitation on Yom Kippur only. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Yom HaDin Yom HaKippurim Yom HaShoah Yom Teruah yom tob yom tov