Jewish Day of Atonement

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once described Yom Kippur as “the supreme day of forgiveness.” When God gave Moses the Torah on Mount Sinai, He set out His blueprint for all the biblical feasts, including Yom Kippur. In Temple times, the High Priest carried out cleansing rituals on behalf of the people on Yom Kippur. It was the one day of the year when he could enter into the Holy of Holies. Here in the most sacred place, he offered up incense and sprinkled the blood of a bull and a goat to atone for his own sins and those of the...