If you had only 10 days left to live,

would you say sorry to everyone you had

hurt and offended?

Give your reason(s) why you would or

would not say sorry.

Extension task: If someone had hurt

YOU, would YOU forgive THEM? Why?
Last lesson we learnt
about….?

The Ten commandments.

Let’s remind ourselves what they are.

Now that we understand the rules God

gave the Jewish people we need to know
what happens when they are broken!
Yom Kippur
Today your learning aims are:

AT1 - To know what Yom

Kippur is.

AT2 - To understand the

importance of forgiveness in your
own lives.
 By the end of the lesson:
• All of you will be able to explain what
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are and
what happens during these days.
• Most of you will be able to show that
you understand the importance of Yom
Kippur for Jewish people.
• Some of you will be able to explain how
forgiveness is a part of life and how
important it is.
 Your Key words for today are:
Atonement.
Asking God for forgiveness

Shofar.
Shofar is the horn that is blown in some Jewish
festivals.

Repentance
To show that you are sorry
for something bad that you have
done.

Extension task: What do you think is the difference

between atonement and simply just saying you are
sorry?
What is Yom Kippur?

Yom Kippur is ‘The day of

Atonement’
Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur

Day 1 Day 10

10 days to say sorry

 Forgiveness

Working in fours, discuss amongst yourselves the

following:
• What would you be prepared to do or give up
for a whole day to show that you are sorry
for doing something wrong? How would it show
that you are sorry?

• Why is forgiveness so important to

you?
 Lesson aim 2 was:
To understand the importance of
forgiveness in your own lives.
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
• Rosh Hashanah is the day of the new year.
Jewish people believe that God writes who has
been good and bad that year in a special ‘book’.

• On Yom Kippur which is 10 days AFTER Rosh

Hashanah, God SEALS the book and His decision
becomes final.

• There are ten days between Rosh Hashanah and

Yom Kippur. These are the Ten Days of
Repentance. During these ten days Jews ask for
forgiveness From other people and God for the
bad things they have done, so that they can have
good things written for them in the coming year.
What day is important to
YOU?

Why?

How do YOU spend YOUR

time that day?
What happens on Yom Kippur?
The special day is marked by Jews in several ways:

* They abstain (stay away from) from food and

drink for 24 hours
* They do not wear perfume
* They don't have any sexual activity
* They don't wash
* They don't wear leather shoes

In the synagogue
The most important part of Yom Kippur is the time
spent in the synagogue. Even Jews who are not
particularly religious will want to attend synagogue on
Yom Kippur, the only day of the year with five
services.
 Timeline
• Day 1:
• Rosh Hashanah begins
• Afternoon - The shofar (special horn) is sounded.
• Evening - Feast.
• Day 2-8:
• A time to ask for forgiveness
from God and from people,
and praying to God.
• Money is given to charity.
• Day 9:
• Yom Kippur Eve
• Before sunset - Ritual bath (Mikveh) and feast
• Sunset - The fast begins and lasts 24 Hours.
• Prayers.
• Day 10
Yom Kippur
5 special prayers at the synagogue: including one symbolizing the
locking of the doors to heaven. Jews believe the book of deeds is
now finished and closed. The fast ends with the blowing of the
shofar:
 Lesson aim 1 was :
• To know what Yom Kippur is.

Let’s test ourselves!

2 activities.

Cards and worksheet.

 Activity
• Use the cards and timeline.
• Put the activity in the correct place on your
time line.

• you have 2 minutes to do this activity.

 What have you learnt today?
• The lesson aims were:
Know what Yom Kippur is.

Understand the importance of

forgiveness in your own lives.

• Have we achieved this today? Open you

planners on Red/Green/ Yellow and show
what you understood today.

• 1) What is Yom Kippur? Why is it important

to Jews?
• 2) Explain why forgiveness is important in
YOUR life.
 Next lesson we will be
learning about the different
types of Jewish people.

Orthodox and Reform

Jews.
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