[yawm kip-er, yohm, yom; Seph. Heb. yawm kee-poor; Ashk. Heb. yohm ki-puhr] 
| a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue. |
| Day of Atonement n. See Yom Kippur. [Translation of Hebrew yôm kippûr.] |
| Yom Kip·pur (yôm' kĭp'ər, yōm', yŏm', yôm' kē-pŏŏr') n. Judaism A holy day observed on the tenth day of Tishri and marked by fasting and prayer for the atonement of sins. Also called Day of Atonement. [Hebrew yôm kippûr : yôm, day; see ywm in Semitic roots + kippûr, atonement (from kippēr, to cover, atone; see kpr1 in Semitic roots).] |
In Judaism, the Day of Atonement, the most important religious holiday; a day of fasting to atone for sins. It comes in autumn. (See Rosh Hashanah.)
An annual day of fasting and prayer among the Israelites, still observed by their descendants, the present-day Jews. It occurs in autumn, and its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law. Jews call this day Yom Kippur.
Atonement, Day of
the great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9), and the only one commanded in the law of Moses. The mode of its observance is described in Lev. 16:3-10; 23:26-32; and Num. 29:7-11. It was kept on the tenth day of the month Tisri, i.e., five days before the feast of Tabernacles, and lasted from sunset to sunset. (See AZAZEL.)