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At sundown, Sunday evening, Jews begin a 24 hour period of prayer and fasting.
Yom Kippur is also called the Day of Atonement but not as the word is commonly understood, as Rabbi Menachem Schmidt (photo, above) explains:
“A lot of people think it's like God comes along with a little eraser and erases your sins or something but it's really because of your closeness and the holiness each one of us achieves during this time.”
