Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement is the Jewish holiday which falls on the tenth day of the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar (September or October). It is the holiest and most solemn day of the year with a theme of reconciliation to God. It includes a 25-hour complete fast from food, drink and sex as well as no work from sunset the day before until nightfall the next day. Yom Kippur ends at sundown with the closing prayer (Neilah) on the hopeful note that all who have repented have been inscribed by God into "the Book of Life" for the ensuing New Year.
At Yom Kippur Jews seek atonement for sins between man and God. It is observed in different ways across the world but it is customary to wear white which symbolizes purity and to spend most of the day in the synagogue in prayer.
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