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Educational Yom Kippur History Learning Guide

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Yom Kippur History

* Yom Kippur is a day of dedication to atonement and abstinence.
* It is the most sacred of all the Jewish holidays and is known as the Sabbath of Sabbaths.
* During Rosh Hashanah God has judged most of mankind and has recorded his judgment in the Book of Life then gives ten days to reprieve.
* Then, on Yom Kippur is sealed and all those who have repented their sins will be granted a good and happy New Year.
* Yom Kippur is basically a day of "not doing". The idea is to emulate the angels in heaven who do not eat, drink, or wash.
* The five main don'ts of Yom Kippur are no eating or drinking, no anointing with perfumes or lotions, no marital relations, no washing and no wearing leather shoes.
* On the night before Yom Kipper the Jewish community will join at the synagogue for the Vidui (or confession) service. Here confessions are expressed verbally as a community and are part of the formal repentance in asking G-ds forgiveness.
* Vidui is the only service during the year that the doors to the Ark, where the Torah scrolls are kept, are open the entire service to signify that the gates of Heaven are open at this time.

Free Yom Kippur Game

Can You Guess: Put several small items into a brown paper bag. Blindfold one person and hand them one of the items in the bag. Give them a few seconds to guess the item. If they are unsuccessful, they are out. Each player takes a turn. The players who guessed correctly go again. The last one left wins.

Yom Kippur Ideas

BELIEVE IT OR NOT JEOPARDY: Divide the guests into 2 teams....make a "game board" with poster board and post it notes. Have general cooking questions, questions about your company, just whatever you'd like to have talked about in your class....the game can be as long or as short as you'd like just adjust the number of questions. Give the winning team GREAT party favors and the second place team lesser favors, but give something to everyone...It's been a huge hit at my parties!!

Printable Yom Kippur Criss Cross Puzzle

Right click to copy the the printable Yom Kippur puzzle below.