What Every Gentile And Secular Jew Needs To Know: A Yom Kippur Primer – The Lid

Wednesday night (10/15/21) at sundown begins the holy fast day of Yom Kippur. To my Friends in the Gentile community (we call you Goyim, which is not derogatory, it means nations), In biblical times, we believed that there were seventy nations. During the next holiday (Sukkot), seventy bulls were sacrificed, one for each of the seventy nations.  

I’m sure you have heard of Yom Kippur and loosely know it’s a fast day, but do you know what’s really happening behind the walls of your friendly neighborhood Synagogue or in your Jewish neighbor’s house?  The below tries to explain Yom Kippur to you in a way you might enjoy…at least it won’t be too Jewish, which is something that Gentiles and secular Jews will appreciate.