THE PICTURE ABOVE IS YOUR INVITATION TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE 2010 TENNIS SEASON. WE PARTY FROM NOON UNTIL YOU LEAVE, SOME LATER.
MATCHES WILL BE IN SESSION – BRIEF AWARDS CEREMONY – SPECIAL LIFE TIME PRESENTATION & MORE
FOR OUR FRIENDS OBSERVING YOM KIPPUR, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE SCHEDULING CONFLICT. MAY YOUR DAY BE BLESSED.
Yom Kippur
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Yom Kippur
Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb (1878)
Official name
Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים
Observed by
Jews
Type
Jewish
Significance
Soul-searching and repentance
Date
10th day of Tishrei
2010 date
Sunset, September 17 – nightfall, September 18
2011 date
Sunset, October 7 – nightfall, October 8
Observances
Fasting, prayer, abstaining from physical pleasures, refraining from work
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר, IPA: [ˈjom kiˈpur]), also known as the Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days of the year for Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes "the Days of Awe").
Yom Kippur is the tenth day of the month of Tishrei. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person’s fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God (bein adam leMakom) and against other human beings (bein adam lechavero). The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and private petitions and confessions of guilt (Vidui). At the end of Yom Kippur, one considers one’s self absolved by God.
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