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Men and a boy wearing prayer shawls pray in a synagogue on Yom Kippur in New York's Lower East Side around 1900, some covering their faces and holding prayer books.
What and When Is Yom Kippur?
Group of Jewish priests, all named Cohen, stand closely together on the deck of the S.S. Finland, wearing prayer shawls and reading from books during Yom Kippur ceremonies in 1920. Jewish men wearing kippahs pray from books at the tomb of Rabbi Yehuda Bar Ilai in Safed, Israel, with Hebrew text visible on a curtain in the background.
Blowing in the New Year
Yom Kippur: shofar blowing
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What and When Is Yom Kippur?
The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur is the religion's holiest day of the year.
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Blowing in the New Year
A rabbi blowing the ram's horn, or shofar, heralding the Jewish New Year and the...
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Yom Kippur prayer
Jewish men wearing prayer shawls offer prayers of atonement for Yom Kippur c. 1900,...
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Yom Kippur at sea
Jewish rabbis and emigrants from Poland observe Yom Kippur aboard the S.S. Finland,...
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Selichot prayers on Yom Kippur
Jewish men offering Selichot prayers for forgiveness at the tomb of rabbi Yehuda...
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Yom Kippur: shofar blowing
A Jewish man wearing a kippah blowing the shofar, an essential ritual during Yom...
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