Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. It's not a holiday in a celebratory way, but more of a day of introspection, prayers and asking for and accepting forgiveness.

Jew tradition differentiate between sins committed against other people, for which a person needs to apologize, make amends and correct the wrong as soon as possible and sins against God. Yom Kippur is the last day in the year you can ask God to accept your apology before they tally all your sins and decide your faith for the next year.

My favorite Yom Kippur costume is Tashlich, literally "throw away". In which people go to the sea or other natural water sources and throw a pebble or a stone in the water to symbolize getting rid of the things they don't want to bring with them into the new year, so I chose to commemorate this tredition in this piece.

Other Yom Kippur costumes:

Fasting from sun down to sun down, spending the whole day in prayer, there are special Yom Kippur prayers that can only be used on this day. At the end of Yom Kippur, a Shofar is blown, to represent the heavens opening to let the prayers reach God.