9 Facts About Kippur

1. Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Tuesday, Sept 18, and ends at sundown on Wednesday, Sept 19.

2. Yom Kippur is the holiest of Jewish holidays observed ten days after Rosh Hashanah until the end of High Holy Days in the Jewish calendar.

3. Yom Kippur is the occasion on which otherwise non-observant Jews are most likely to attend synagogue, refrain from work, or fast.

4. Yom Kippur is a legal holiday in the modern state of Israel.

5. The latest Yom Kippur can occur relative to the Gregorian dates is on October 14, as happened in 1967 and will happen again in 2043.

6. Yom Kippur falls each year on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei, which is 9 days after the first day of Rosh Hashanah.

7. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im that commences with Rosh Hashanah.

8. Yom Kippur is usually expressed in English as "Day of Atonement".

9. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement, when we are closest to G‑d and most connected to the essence of our souls.