How is Yom Kippur Observed?
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish religious calendar. It is the “Day of Atonement” when Jews individually, and as a religious community, confess their sins and ask for God’s forgiveness. It was instituted when the Israelites still wandered in the desert. The Scripture reference is found in Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 23:27-31, 25:9; and Numbers 29:7-11.