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Yom Kippur Customs

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In this story, we learn about how Yom Kippur is observed across different Jewish communities in Israel and the diaspora, what the fast means in secular and religious contexts, and how the day holds its power even for those who do not believe.

yomיוֹםday
kipurכִּפּוּרatonement
huהוּאhe
ha'yomהַיּוֹםthe day
she'boשֶׁבּוֹthat in it
yisraelיִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael
otzeretעוֹצֶרֶתstops (f sg)
loלֹאnot
rakרַקonly
be'techushaבְּתְחוּשָׁהin feeling
elaאֶלָּאbut
mamashמַמָּשׁtruly

Yom Kippur is the day when Israel stops, not just in feeling but truly.

kvishimכְּבִישִׁיםroads
she'hemשֶׁהֵםthat they
be'cholבְּכָלin every
sha'aשָׁעָהhour
acheretאַחֶרֶתother (f sg)
retzefרֶצֶףsequence
shelשֶׁלof
kleiכְּלֵיvehicles
rekhevרֶכֶבvehicle
ve'ra'ashוְרַעַשׁand noise
nehefakhimנֶהֱפָכִיםbecome (m pl)
le'shetachלְשֶׁטַחto a space
she'yeladimשֶׁיְּלָדִיםthat children
rochvimרוֹכְבִיםride (m pl)
alavעָלָיוon it
be'ofanayimבְּאוֹפַנַּיִםwith bicycles
tmunaתְּמוּנָהpicture
she'yeshשֶׁיֵּשׁthat there is
baבָּהּin it (f)
mashehuמַשֶּׁהוּsomething
she'kasheשֶׁקָּשֶׁהthat is hard
le'nateachלְנַתֵּחַto analyze
imאִםif
loלֹאnot
gadaltaגָּדַלְתָּyou grew up (m/f sg)
itaאִתָּהּwith it (f)

Roads that at any other hour are a stream of vehicles and noise become a space where children ride bicycles, an image that has something hard to analyze if you didn't grow up with it.

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