Older children and women from the third to the seventh day after childbirth are permitted to fast, but are permitted to break the fast if they feel the need to do so. Most of the holiday is spent in the synagogue, in prayer. People then usually go home. And return in the early morning for a service which continue until nightfall. The services end, with the blowing of the tekiah gedolah, a long blast on the shofar.
Some people wear a kittel, the white robe in which the dead are buried.
Yom Kippur Liturgy. 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.