Yom Kippur prayers

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Yom Kippur prayers are the special, intensive liturgical services recited throughout the Day of Atonement, focusing on repentance, confession, and seeking divine forgiveness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish liturgy
holiday prayers
religious service
alsoKnownAs Yom Kippur liturgy
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers

Yom Kippur services
associatedPractice abstention from work
fasting
associatedWith Yom Kippur
calendar Hebrew calendar
centralTheme atonement
confession of sins
covenant renewal
divine forgiveness
repentance
self-examination
duration approximately 25 hours
halakhicStatus obligatory for men
obligatory for women (with some variations)
includesPractice communal chanting
prostration (in some communities)
repeated confessions
responsive reading
standing for extended periods
includesPrayer Al Chet
Ashamnu
Avinu Malkeinu
Selichot
Unetaneh Tokef
Vidui
Yizkor (in many communities)
confessional litany
includesService Kol Nidre
Ma’ariv of Yom Kippur
linked to: Ma’ariv

Mincha of Yom Kippur
Musaf of Yom Kippur
Ne’ilah
Shacharit of Yom Kippur
linked to: Shacharit
includesText Book of Jonah (Mincha)
linked to: Book of Jonah

Haftarah reading
Torah reading
language Aramaic
Hebrew
liturgicalRite Ashkenazi rite
linked to: Nusach Ashkenaz

Italian rite
Mizrahi rite
Romaniote rite
linked to: Romaniote Jews

Sephardi rite
Yemenite rite
musicalElement cantorial chanting
congregational melodies
traditional nusach
observedOn 10 Tishrei
participants Jewish adults
Jewish children
purpose securing inscription in the Book of Life
seeking divine mercy
relatedTo High Holy Day liturgy
Rosh Hashanah prayers
religion Judaism
setting synagogue
symbolicElement annulment of vows (Kol Nidre)
opening of the heavenly gates (Ne’ilah)
timeOfDay afternoon
evening and night
morning
sunset closing service

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Machzor usedFor Yom Kippur prayers
Kol Nidre category High Holy Day prayer
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Al Chet liturgicalContext Yom Kippur Musaf service
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Selichot relatedConcept Yom Kippur service
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Aleinu associatedWith Yom Kippur Musaf service
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Leviticus 16 associatedWith Yom Kippur liturgy
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Yom Kippur prayers alsoKnownAs Yom Kippur liturgy
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Torah reading centralElementOf Yom Kippur services
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Thirteen Attributes of Mercy recitedDuring Yom Kippur services
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Ne’ilah partOf Yom Kippur liturgy
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers
Yom Kippur Musaf occursAfter Yom Kippur Shacharit
linked to: Yom Kippur prayers