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Jewish Day Of Atonement In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Have you heard about Yom Kippur,the Jewish Day of atonement?In this paragraph,you will know why this is important to Jewish people and how it affects their daily living.A book entitled”Night’ written by Elie Wiesel ,a professor,Nobel laureate and a holocaust survivor mentioned about Yom Kippur.How Jewish people’s most solemn day were affected on the holocaust.According to the website of Holocaust Memorial Museum,960,000 Jews died at the Auschwitz concentration camp.Many of them died of hunger due to fasting for Jewish holidays such as Yom Kippur.Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism,primarily centred on atonement and repentance,where Jewish individuals over the age of 13 observe full fasting accompanied by prayer and sin confessions.In the book Night Jewish prisoners were debating if they should fast or not.”Yom kippur.The Day of Atonement.Should we fast?The question hotly debated.To fast could mean a more certain,one rapid death.In this place,we were always …show more content…

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