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Jewish community marks holiest day of the year

Posted at 12:58 PM, Oct 11, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-11 15:02:54-04

Jewish synagogues around the world were packed Tuesday night for the beginning of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.

"It's a time for prayer, it's a time for spiritual connection and reflection and stock-taking of our past year," said Rabbi Avremi Zippel, Chabad Lubavitch of Utah.

Millions of Jews around the world congregated in synagogues to pray for a good year, and they fasted for a period of 25 hours in order to atone and repent.

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