Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It's considered the most important holiday, the "Sabbath of Sabbaths," in Judaism, according to History. Falling in the month ...

In the biblical lunisolar calendar—based on both the cycles of the moon and the sun—used by the Jews in the Old Testament and during Jesus’ time, the Sabbath was observed on the seventh day of the ...

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. is widely considered the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It is being observed this year from around sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 1, until after nightfall ...

When I lived on campus last summer, I had an overwhelming amount of free time on the weekends. On Friday nights, I would go to Shabbat dinners hosted by Jewish friends. We would pack into sweltering ...