People with other illnesses should consult a physician and a rabbi for advice. Most of the holiday is spent in the synagogue, in prayer. People then usually go home for an afternoon nap and return around 5 or 6 PM for the afternoon and evening services, which continue until nightfall. The services end at nightfall, with the blowing of the tekiah gedolah, a long blast on the shofar. See Rosh Hashanah for more about the shofar and its characteristic blasts.
Some people wear a kittel, the white robe in which the dead are buried .
Yom Kippur Liturgy Click here to learn about Jewish Liturgy generally. The evening service that begins Yom Kippur is commonly known as Kol Nidre, named for the prayer that begins the service. This prayer gave comfort to those who were converted to Christianity by torture in various inquisitions, yet felt unable to break their vow to follow Christianity. In recognition of this history, the Reform movement restored this prayer to its liturgy. Frequent petitions for forgiveness are interspersed in these prayers.