How do I explain Yom Kiper?

• It is the Day of Atonement and is the most holy day in the Jewish year. And it is the day when God decides what will happen to every Jewish person. It's not like the other special Jewish days as it doesn't remind us of Jewish history but instead it is about a Jewish persons behaviour.

Why do we celebrate Yom Kiper

• Every person makes mistakes and yom kiper gives us the chance to ask for forgiveness from people for anything we have done or said to make them sad. On Yom kiper we ask God to forgive us and say we will try not to do it again.

When do we celebrate Yom Kiper

• Yom kiper is ten days after Rosh Hashone. It starts at sunset the day before Yom kiper and finishes the next day at sundown. People fast for all of this time.

What are the Australian and Hebrew dates for Yom Kiper

• Australian dates are September 23,2015, October12 2016,September 30 2017. However Yom kiper starts the evening before this dates
• Hebrew dates are
• 10th Tishrei 5776,
• 10th Tishrei 5777
• 10th Tishrei 5778

Where is Yom Kiper usually celebrated

• Yom kiper is a day of prayer we go to shule to pray, to think about all the good things that we did and the not so good things that we did. We decide we won't do these bad things again.

Customs and Traditions

• On Yom kiper Jewish adults fast approximately 24hrs. They do not eat or drink,that includes children over Bar or Batmitzvah age (13 for boys & 12 for girls). Children over nine can fast for part of the day. Anyone who is sick is excused from fasting. It is a custom to wear white clothing on Yom kiper but you don't have to. The curtain and the covers across the Torah in shule is also white.

Things we are not allowed to do on Yom Kiper

• No tv
• No mobile
• No computer
• No using electronics
• No eating and drinking
• No having a shower
• No perfume or makeup
• No wearing leather shoes
• Not every body follows these rules.

How do I celebrate Yom Kiper

• My family and l ate a special Dinner before Yom kiper started. The next day I went to shule with my dad.
• Jewish people all over the world celebrate like this.

Story about Yom Kiper

• There is book about Yom kiper called K'Tonton's Yom Kippur Kitten by Sadie Rose Weilerstein
• It is about K'ton who is a very tiny boy, the size of a thumb. He wants to fast but he gets very hungry he blames a small kitten for something he did. K'Tonon then feels guilty so he tells his mother what he did and asks the kitten for forgiveness.

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