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This year on Thursday, the 9th of October, Jews as well as Messianic and Gentile believers will observe the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calander Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

Please note that in the Jewish calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so for observing Jews and those who really want to keep the santityof the day will celebrate Yom Kippur on the sunset of Wednesday, the 8th of October.

So Yom Kippur 2008 starts at sundown on Wednesday October 8 (Kol Nidre), and lasts all day Thursday, October 9, 2008 until sundown. 

This day marks the culmination of the Days of Awe, the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement is described by Maimonides as "the universal time of repentance" (z'man teshuva lakol). It is spent praying and fasting.

Just the same way that the Sabbath begins at sunset of Friday evening, so do all the Jewish Holidays and regular days begin at sunset the day before.

Yom Kippur is mentioned biblically in Leviticus 23: 26-32. A whole tractate of the Babylonian Talmud is dedicated to Yom Kippur (Yoma). In the Code of Jewish Law (Shulhan Aruch), the laws of Yom Kippur begin in Orach Chaim chapter 604.

The Jewish New Year is called Rosh HaShanah. This year it will fall on on Tuesday, the 30th of September and will continue for 2 days until Wednesday, the 1st of October.

So Yom Kippur, which falls 10 days after observance of the Jewish New Year, is the holiest day of the Jewish year. We know this because the Bible describes it as such. 

Let's read.

"And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 

for on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 

And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: 

Leviticus 16:29-32 KJV

During Yom Kippur, Jews fulfil this biblical commandment by fasting, engaging in intense soul searching, and praying for forgiveness. 

Judaism insists, however, that repenting, fasting and praying, atone only, for those sins between man and God suffices, however Scriptures declare that without blood there is no forgiveness of sins. 

Those sins committed against our fellow man require seeking forgiveness personally from those we have offended as well as from God. So just coming to the Lord and asking for forgiveness is NOT enough. You must go directly to the person that you think you may have offended and ask for forgiveness.

Also there are those who are conducting themselves in an impure manner by carrying a physical relation, or living with a woman/man that is not their spouse.

Also ,there are number of Jewish customs and traditions associated with this day as well. 

For example. . .
 

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