Overview

• The observance runs from sunset on Wednesday, October 1, to sunset on Thursday, October 2, marked by a 24-hour fast and synagogue services.
• Kol Nidrei opens the holy day before nightfall and Yizkor, the memorial prayer, is recited during the services.
• Customs include avoiding leather footwear, perfumes, creams, and bathing, abstaining from sexual relations, and often wearing white as a symbol of purity.
• In Argentina, the fast is expected to begin around 6:55 p.m. local time, with Thursday designated as a nonworking day for Jewish employees under national law.
• The LA NACION opinion piece grounds teshuvá as a four-step practice—admission, seeking forgiveness, commitment not to repeat, and rectification—and applies it to Argentina’s patterns of corruption and impunity, urging a broad social pact for repair.