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14 unusual facts about Yom Kippur


1965 World Series

Drysdale was starting because the game fell on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for people of the Jewish faith.

Adolphus Sterne

Sterne was asked to be his godfather but refused because the date coincided with Yom Kippur.

Ahmed Hamdi

He was the leader of the engineering group that was in charge of executing the engineering works for the 3rd army, and while the groups were the most important in Yom Kippur (6 October War).

Dudu Aouate

In an interview with Spain's Diario AS, Aouate was asked about the significance of Yom Kippur and some general questions about the prohibitions of the holiday.

Hagafen Cellars

No work on kosher wines can take place on the most sacred of these days, including Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, so Weir must coordinate his schedule carefully at this time of year, and work every available moment.

John Steinbruck

Steinbruck became a regular at the Soviet Jewry Vigil, where groups of protesters stood across the street from the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C. With his Luther Place congregants, Steinbruck stood-in for Jewish protesters on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Matt Bernstein

Bernstein is Jewish, and decided to fast right to honor Yom Kippur, prior to taking on Penn State.

Murders of Gerald and Vera Woodman

The retired couple was killed by gunfire in the garage of their condominium as they arrived home from a festive meal at the conclusion of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

My Father My King

The song is completely instrumental, and is based on the melody from Avinu Malkeinu, a Jewish prayer recited on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and certain fast days, the melody of which had been taught to the band by producer Arthur Baker.

Nir Klinger

While managing AEL Limassol, a crucial derby match against Anorthosis Famagusta fell on the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur.

Pini Balili

A somewhat religious man, rumors were started that a league match between Sivasspor and Ankaraspor, was postponed during the 2006–07 on account of it coinciding with Yom Kippur.

Robbie Gringras

Other stories that Gringras tells in this performance are called Kissing through a Handkerchief – what happens when two cultures clash; The Arab and the Jew – the pain and humanity of the conflict between them; Chesed and Din – the overflowing love from Israeli Chutzpah; and An Unbeliever in the Holy City – a tale of a Yom Kippur in Jerusalem.

Sherwin Wine

Yom Kippur is, according to Wine and his movement, a celebration of inner strength and a time of self-forgiveness.

Shofar of Freedom Award

The Shofar of Freedom Award is presented annually by the Temple Israel since 1990 in Albany, NY on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur to people with extraordinary commitment to their fellow human beings.


Amidah

During the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, additional lines are inserted in the first, second, second to last, and last blessings of all Amidot.

Benjamin Roden

One of the doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventists is that on October 22, 1844, God, the Father, and Jesus moved from the throne from which they ruled the universe to the judgment throne in the Most Holy Place of the heavenly Sanctuary in order to fulfill the antitypical Day of Atonement wherein they were to go through the books of records in order to judge the people's deeds to determine their rewards or punishments.

David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra

Keter Malkut ("Crown of Royalty") — prayers for Yom Kippur, first published with the above-mentioned Ohr Kadmon, reprinted in the Shevet Musar of Elijah ben Abraham Solomon ha-Kohen of Smyrna, and finally inserted by Heidenheim in the ritual for the eve of Yom Kippur.

Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur

Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur or Jews pray, is a painting by Maurycy Gottlieb of 1878, depicting Ashkenazi Jews praying in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.

Mendy Werdyger

Since 1991, he has been the baal tefillah (cantor) for the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayer services at a Gerrer shtiebel in Boro Park, Brooklyn.