View 2 Images

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar and falls during the High Holy Days each year.

Also known as the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur this year falls at sunset on October 1, with the annual fast taking place until nightfall on October 2.

As Jews follow the Hebrew calendar, which is lunisolar, the celebrations fall on different dates each year, but the High Holy Days usually fall around early autumn.

Yom Kippur comes after Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year - which this year fell on September 22.

The Day of Atonement is all about asking for forgiveness from your sins over the past year. Jews fast on this day so they can focus entirely on prayer.

Sukkot, a seven-day harvest holiday which commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert, then starts o

See Full Page