The Yom Kippur Services

Kol Nidrei, the prayer which ushers in the holy day of Yom Kippur, is perhaps the most famous one in our liturgy...

What does the morning service ("Shacharit") consist of? And what is the "Yizkor" service?

The "Musaf" service is an essential portion of Yom Kippur prayer, culminating with the Priestly Blessing...

What prayers are said in the afternoon? And why that specific Torah reading?

As the awesome day of Yom Kippur comes to a close, and our future is being sealed, we turn to G-d to accept our sincere repentance and new resolutions...

The "Al Chet" confession of sins is said ten times in the course of the Yom Kippur services...

At dawn or early in the morning before Yom Kippur, take a live chicken, fish or money which will then be given to charity and recite...