As you know, I like to educate Christians on their Hebrew roots. Yom Kippur begins at sunset Friday. It is God's appointed day for atonement of sins. Jesus would have observed Yom Kippur, and He is the fulfillment of it.
On this day there is to be no eating or drinking, no work, no travel, no wearing leather shoes, no bathing or washing, no perfumes, and no sex. It is customary to dress entirely in white.
The high priest made animal sacrifices, and the scapegoat was sent into the wilderness to take away the sins of the people.
from Wikipedia: According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jewish person tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God and against other human beings. The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and private petitions and confessions of guilt. At the end of Yom Kippur, one hopes that they have been forgiven by God.
Jesus is the fulfillment of Yom Kippur. By His blood sacrifice He has taken away our sins once and for all so that sacrifices are no longer needed. No longer do we need to "hope" that our sins have been forgiven.
And no, I don't observe the Hebrew customs of Yom Kippur.
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