Yom Kippur
noun
Yom Kip·pur
ˌyōm-ki-ˈpu̇r 
ˌyȯm-,
ˌyäm-
-ˈki-pər,
-(ˌ)pu̇r
: a Jewish holiday observed with fasting and prayer on the 10th day of Tishri in accordance with the rites described in Leviticus 16
called also Day of Atonement
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Golda Meir, after the Yom Kippur War, resigned under public pressure.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The 1973 Yom Kippur War ended with a Golan Heights disengagement agreement reached between Israel and Syria, then under the rule of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
But the region has seen similar optimism: after the Yom Kippur War in 1974, the defeat of Iran and then Iraq from 1988 to 1991, and after the takedown of the Taliban in 2001.
—James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
Within weeks of the conclusion of the assault, which became known as the Yom Kippur War, a state commission of inquiry, led by the then chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court, Shimon Agranat, questioned witnesses about the miscalculations and oversights that led to the crisis.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The 1973 Yom Kippur War ended with a Golan Heights disengagement agreement reached between Israel and Syria, then under the rule of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
But the region has seen similar optimism: after the Yom Kippur War in 1974, the defeat of Iran and then Iraq from 1988 to 1991, and after the takedown of the Taliban in 2001.
—James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
Within weeks of the conclusion of the assault, which became known as the Yom Kippur War, a state commission of inquiry, led by the then chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court, Shimon Agranat, questioned witnesses about the miscalculations and oversights that led to the crisis.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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Yom Kippur
noun
Yom Kip·pur
ˌyōm-ki-ˈpu̇r
ˌyȯm-
ˌyȯm-
ˌyäm-,
-ˈkip-ər
: a Jewish holiday observed in September or October with fasting and prayer as ways of making up for sins
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