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Awesome GOD, find for us forgiveness at this hour of the locking of the gates.

About Yom Kippur

This year Yom Kippur starts on Sunday night, September 15, and ends on Monday night, September 16, 2002.

Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is sometimes called the "Sabbath of Sabbaths" because it is the holiest day of the Jewish year. According to tradition, the judgment of every man, woman and child is inscribed in the Heavenly Book of Life on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on the Day of Atonement

Forbidden Practices
On Yom Kippur, we not only fast but are prohibited from:

No working.

No eating or drinking.

No lotions or perfumes.

No marital relations.

No washing for pleasure.

No leather shoes.

Neilah - The Closing of the Gates of Heaven

As our judgement is being sealed, and the holiday of Yom Kippur is coming to a close, the final prayer of Neilah is chanted. Neilah, which means, The Closing of the Gates of Heaven. symbolizes that the future of each person will be sealed for the coming year and the Gates of Heaven will be closed. During Neilah, the doors of the Ark remain opened and the congregation must remain standing.

Throughout the Neilah service we pray to G_d to seal us in the Book of Life. From the start of Rosh Hashanah, we asked G_d to inscribe us in the Book of Life. As the Day of Judgement draws to a close, we pray to G_d to seal us in the Book of Life.

Yom Kippur concludes with the words Next Year in Jerusalem — The fast is over with the sounding of the Shofar!

http://www.designsbydaybreak.com/holidays/yomkippur/

Some Photos

Yehuda Davida who manufactures the traditional shofar, or
ram's horn, tests one in his factory in Tel Aviv September 12,
2002 before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

An Israeli girl lights candles on the seaside promenade of Tel
Aviv, Israel across the street from the U.S. Embassy Wednesday
Sept. 11, 2002 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the
Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States