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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Roughly three hundred thousand other Israelis felt the same call and showed up for reserve service—the largest recruitment since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
Likewise, this week’s study found that 62% of Israeli Jews, and 49% of American Jews, perform religious fasts — the central observance of Yom Kippur.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The United States played a central role, for example, in reaching a cease-fire and partial Israeli withdrawal in the Sinai after the Yom Kippur War in 1973, in securing a peace in Bosnia in 1995, and in solving the Northern Ireland dispute in 1998.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
New reflections Image David has continued to see Mr. Wright, 64, appearing with him at a Yom Kippur event in Santa Monica, Calif., not long after Ted died.
—Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
Likewise, this week’s study found that 62% of Israeli Jews, and 49% of American Jews, perform religious fasts — the central observance of Yom Kippur.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The United States played a central role, for example, in reaching a cease-fire and partial Israeli withdrawal in the Sinai after the Yom Kippur War in 1973, in securing a peace in Bosnia in 1995, and in solving the Northern Ireland dispute in 1998.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
New reflections Image David has continued to see Mr. Wright, 64, appearing with him at a Yom Kippur event in Santa Monica, Calif., not long after Ted died.
—Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 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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