YOM KIPPUR PRAYERS

EREV YOM KIPPUR Kol Nidrei

YOM KIPPUR Parasha Morning Reading
Leviticus 16:1-34 found in Parasha Acharey Mot
Read by Mr Satkiel Bhastekar
(courtesy of his son Mr Abner Bhastekar)

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YOM KIPPUR Eshpokh Shacharit and afternoon prayers

YOM KIPPUR Neilah Prayer - El Norah Alila - The Closing Service

Should a person Fast on Yom Kippur ?

Answer 
From what we know, Yom Kippur Fasting is the only Biblical Fast Day. It is Positive Mitzvah # 164. It is written in Parashah Acharey Mot. Leviticus 16:29 "In the seventh month, on the tenth day of that month, you must afflict your souls" 

All Other Fast days in the Jewish Calendar are Rabbanical. 

Fasting helps to keep the mind focused as one doesn't have to worry about eating. It is to put oneself in a better frame of mind, so one can commit to being a better Jew, a better servant of God and a better human being. If one can do all that without (fasting) afflicting oneself, great! 

There are 5 things that are forbidden on Yom Kippur. They are:

1. No eating or drinking
2. No washing or bathing
3. No anointing the skin with oils
4. No wearing items if made from leather (jacket,shoes,watch)
5. No marital relations

 

El Nora Alila - Yom Kippur Neilah Service Piyyut

Exploring the Al-Chet Prayer

Exploring the Al-Chet Prayer

Yom Kippur Eshpokh Prayer

The Eshpok prayer is said in the shul at the end of Shacharit prayers on Yom Kippur, just before Mussaf starts.

Listen to this prayer sung in the typical Bene Israel Sephardic tune.

Eshpokh YomKippur Marathi Translation Transliteration

Yom Kippur Parasha

Yom Kippur Parasha Morning Reading
Leviticus 16:1-34 found in Parasha Acharey Mot