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Yom Kippur

• A Lesson ByBishop Andy C. Lewter, D. Min.

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Introduction

• Technically known as the Day of Atonement and
  takes place at the end of September and early
  October.
• It is found in the book of Leviticus 2326-32

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Day of Atonement

• This is the particular day that appears on the
  Jewish Calendar where the High Priest would make
  an offering for the sins of the previous years.
  The day literally means at one ment

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Yom Kippur

• Also known as the day of atonement is the most
  solemn Holy Day of the Jewish People.
• It literally means covering

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Atonement

• Atonement means the reconciliation of God and
  man. The ten days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom
  Kippur are known as the days of repentance.
• Yom Kippur is the final day
• of judgment when God judges the people.

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Fasting and Praying

• In Bible times, the High Priest sacrificed an
  animal to pay for his sins and the sins of the
  people.
• It was a time of fasting and prayer.

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Shofar

• The shofar (rams horn) is blown at the end of
  the evening prayer service for the first time
  since Rosh HaShanah.

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Release

• When the high priest was finished with the
  atonement sacrifice, a goat was released into the
  wilderness.
• This scapegoat carried Israels sins away,
  never to return. (Leviticus 168-10, 20-22,
  29-34)