The day ends with final prayers and the blowing of the ritual horn known as the shofar as a call for repentance. Reuters
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children perform the Tashlich ritual before the start of Yom Kippur, in Netanya, Israel. Tashlich is the practice by which Jews go to a large body of water, preferably one containing fish, and symbolically cast of their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water. AFP
Jewish worshippers take part in Slichot, a prayer in which Jews repent and ask God to forgive their sins, before the start of Yom Kippur, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
Yom Kippur, the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar, will begin in the evening of October 4. The holiday comes 10 days after the first day of the month, known as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. AFP
Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. AFP
Jews surround a plastic pool with fish as they perform the Tashlich ritual in the coastal Mediterranean city of Netanya. AP
Jews perform the Tashlich ritual in the coastal Mediterranean city of Netanya. AFP
Worshippers make their way to synagogues throughout the first 10 days of Tishrei but attendance is usually at its peak on the day of Yom Kippur itself, which is also observed with a day-long fast. AFP
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men buy chickens to perform the Kaparot ritual in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel. Observant Jews believe the ritual transfers one's sins from the past year into the chicken. AP
A man swings a chicken as part of the Kapparot ritual in the Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem. After the act is performed, the bird is slaughtered and donated to charity. EPA
The day ends with final prayers and the blowing of the ritual horn known as the shofar as a call for repentance. Reuters
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children perform the Tashlich ritual before the start of Yom Kippur, in Netanya, Israel. Tashlich is the practice by which Jews go to a large body of water, preferably one containing fish, and symbolically cast of their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water. AFP
Jewish worshippers take part in Slichot, a prayer in which Jews repent and ask God to forgive their sins, before the start of Yom Kippur, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
Yom Kippur, the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar, will begin in the evening of October 4. The holiday comes 10 days after the first day of the month, known as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. AFP
Yom Kippur is observed on the 10th day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. AFP
Jews surround a plastic pool with fish as they perform the Tashlich ritual in the coastal Mediterranean city of Netanya. AP
Jews perform the Tashlich ritual in the coastal Mediterranean city of Netanya. AFP
Worshippers make their way to synagogues throughout the first 10 days of Tishrei but attendance is usually at its peak on the day of Yom Kippur itself, which is also observed with a day-long fast. AFP
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men buy chickens to perform the Kaparot ritual in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel. Observant Jews believe the ritual transfers one's sins from the past year into the chicken. AP
A man swings a chicken as part of the Kapparot ritual in the Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem. After the act is performed, the bird is slaughtered and donated to charity. EPA
The day ends with final prayers and the blowing of the ritual horn known as the shofar as a call for repentance. Reuters
