yom kippur history
HISTORY OF YOM KIPPUR The Jewish High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashana and continue until Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur, which begins with sundown this evening, Yom Kippur continues to be celebrated as the Day of Atonement, 8 days after the Jewish New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Chaim.org says that the heavenly court gates open on Rosh Hashanah and close when the Shofar (ram's horn) is blown Once, on our way between Bombay and Chaing Rai the Golden Triangle, Myra and I spent Yom Kippur with the friendly Jews of Bangkok. Most of them had their roots in Iran or in points further east, from Herat through Samarkand. I'd walk to Yom Kippur services with a dance step. Anyway, I mentioned this story a week or so ago to a friend learned in Jewish history. “That's the difference between people whose neighbors opposed their existence and people who were accepted as