Overview

• Yom Kippur is observed from the evening of October 11 to the evening of October 12, 2024, beginning at 18:50 and ending at 19:54 in Paris.
• This solemn Jewish holiday involves a 25-hour fast and five specific prohibitions, including refraining from work, washing, and wearing leather shoes.
• The day commemorates God's forgiveness of the Israelites for the sin of the Golden Calf, as recounted in the Book of Exodus.
• During Yom Kippur, five mandatory prayers are recited, culminating in the blowing of the shofar, a ram's horn, to signal the end of the fast.
• The observance is a time for introspection, repentance, and reconciliation, with the faithful seeking to be inscribed in the Book of Life for the coming year.