Day of Antontment: The Day of Antontment is the final day of a ten day period of penitence. It begins with Rosh Hashanah. The Day of Antontment is the day that you make up for things you have done wrong and the day for making peace with the people that you have upset. This is the day the Jews try to become at peace with God. In order to do this they must ask for forgiveness and aknowledge the fact that there are changes that need to be made in their lives. For about a month before The Day of Antontment (Yom Kippur) there is a shofar blown in the synagogue. A shofar is a ram's horn, and it calls the Jewish people to make them think of the things that they need to ask forgiveness for on The Day of Antontment. Jews are given ten days before The Day of Antontment to put their lives in order and to think about who they need to apologize to and what they need to ask forgiveness for.
Living Religions: Judaism, By Cavan Wood
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I don't think i could go a day without eating or drinking anything.
This was an interesting holiday for me to learn about. I had never even heard about it before!
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