Holyday Art for "Yom Kippur" by Ken Goldman

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By Tahlib

"Yom Kippur Mat" by Ken Goldman. Image courtesy of Jewish Art Salon

It's the holiest of holydays in the Jewish calendar. They call it "Yom Kippur" observed around the world with honor by Jews, as well as Christians, and other respectful believers too.

• Official name: Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים
• Significance: According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict.
• Observances: Fasting, prayer, abstaining from physical pleasures, refraining from work
• Length: 25 hours, beginning at sunset: September 25 and ending: nightfall: September 26, 2012
• Greeting: Have an easy fast.