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[[Image:Gottlieb-Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg|right|thumb|''Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur'' (1878), by [[Maurycy Gottlieb]], depicts Ashkenazi Jews of late 19th-century Eastern Europe.]]

[[Image:Gottlieb-Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg|right|thumb|''Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur'' (1878), by [[Maurycy Gottlieb]], depicts Ashkenazi Jews of late 19th-century Eastern Europe.]]

'''Yom Kippur''' is the most solemn holy day in [[Judaism]].  It is a day of [[atonement]] (prayer, repentance and fasting) observed in some way by nearly all Jewish people.  Observant Jews refrain completely from all food and drink on Yom Kippur. Most of the day is spent in the [[synagogue]].  

'''Yom Kippur''' is the most solemn [[holy day]] in [[Judaism]].  It is a day of [[atonement]] (prayer, repentance and fasting) observed in some way by nearly all Jewish people.  Observant Jews refrain completely from all food and drink on Yom Kippur. Most of the day is spent in the [[synagogue]].  

:"Before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, there was an elaborate ceremony of confession and repentance led by the high priest and including the sacrifice of a goat, the scapegoat." (Leviticus 16.)

:"Before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, there was an elaborate ceremony of confession and repentance led by the high priest and including the sacrifice of a goat, the scapegoat." (Leviticus 16.)