Radio Disney Music Awards: ARDY's Party 2016. Join ARDY in his newest music adventure to find the next great artists! Guide Snow White through the forest maze to find the Seven Dwarfs! Watch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere now, and on Blu-Rayâ¢ on 2/2/16. It's the first day of camp. Help these campers get to their cabins!
Yom Kippur and the Autumn Equinox: A Comparison. This year, 2007, Yom Kippur falls on Sept. 21 and 22. The equinox falls early on the morning of the 23rd. This year, the autumn equinox falls just after Yom Kippur (5:51 am EDT, Sept. 23). Usually one thinks of Rosh haShanah, the Jewish new year, as the autumn holiday, or of Sukkot, the harvest festival. However, this year we get an unusual chance to focus on Yom Kippur as an autumn equinox holiday.
Yom Kippur is probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year. Many Jews who do not observe any other Jewish custom will refrain from work, fast and/or attend synagogue services on this day. Yom Kippur occurs on the 10th day of Tishri. The holiday is instituted at Leviticus 23:26 et seq. The name Yom Kippur means Day of Atonement, and that pretty much explains what the holiday is. It is a day set aside to afflict the soul, to atone for the sins of the past year. In Days of Awe, I mentioned the books in which G-d inscribes all of our names.