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Day of Atonement

Called in Hebrew Yom Kippur. A day, still practiced in modern Judaism, in which people repent and pray for the forgiveness of sins. In the Old Testament, the Day of Atonement was marked by the observance of a number of practices including the High Priest entering the Holy of Holies in the Temple to burn incense (the only day on which this happened); the sacrifice of a bull and the choice of two goats, one which was sacrificed to the Lord and the other sent out into the wilderness.

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