finally there's the closing prayer the netilla which means sealing the final set of prayers before the heavenly gates are sealed and the imagery evoked is indeed the heavenly gates closing we see this in a hymn called el-nora alilah commonly recited by sephardic congregations at the start of the netilla service the first stanza reads god of awe god of might grant us pardon in this hour as thy gates are closed this night that last line about closing gates is repeated as a refereeing at the end of each stanza after the nailah the shofar is blown one last time in the holiday season and then everyone departs for their first meal after NUMBER_TOKEN hours of fasting while the rituals of yom kippur are traditionally demanding the meaning behind them is one that has widespread appeal it's a day of introspection taking stock of your actions and relationships asking for forgiveness and planning for a better year ahead the prayers and practices have developed and continued to develop as they do in all religious traditions but the core themes of yom kippur have touched jewish people of all backgrounds for generations on yom kippur the traditional greeting is gamar khatimatova conveying the meaning may you be sealed in the book of life so kumar khati matava and thanks for watching thanks everyone for watching and thanks also to the awesome people listed here on screen who made this video possible i got a lot of help on this video if you want to learn more about this topic in particular i want to encourage you again to check out esoterica's new video on the yom kippur rituals in ancient israel i've posted the link in the description below and finally super special thanks to our patrons on patreon i see this sort of video as the bread and butter content of religion for breakfast i know i sometimes publish silly or niche topics like what is super mario's religion and though i'm very proud of that video basic religious literacy content is the reason why i started religion for breakfast this is why i do what i do i'm aiming for NUMBER_TOKEN patrons by the end of NUMBER_TOKEN so only NUMBER_TOKEN left to go if you'd like to be one of those NUMBER_TOKEN people and to be part of my mission to boost everyone's religious literacy please consider supporting the channel on patreon it's the number one best way to keep this channel growing and enabling me to continue publishing these videos thanks everyone
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN thanks everyone for watching and thanks also to the awesome people listed here on screen who made this video possible i got a lot of help on this video if you want to learn more about this topic in particular i want to encourage you again to check out esoterica's new video on the yom kippur rituals in ancient israel i've posted the link in the description below and finally super special thanks to our patrons on patreon i see this sort of video as the bread and butter content of religion for breakfast i know i sometimes publish silly or niche topics like what is super mario's religion and though i'm very proud of that video basic religious literacy content is the reason why i started religion for breakfast this is why i do what i do i'm aiming for NUMBER_TOKEN patrons by the end of NUMBER_TOKEN so only NUMBER_TOKEN left to go if you'd like to be one of those NUMBER_TOKEN people and to be part of my mission to boost everyone's religious literacy please consider supporting the channel on patreon it's the number one best way to keep this channel growing and enabling me to continue publishing these videos thanks END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN