Yom Kippur also known as the Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days of the year for Jews who fast and pray for forgiveness for the sins they have committed. During Yom Kippur airports, rail and road transport, broadcasters, government offices and businesses will shut, and all manner of work is forbidden.
Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. During the Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God and against other human beings. At the end of Yom Kippur, one considers one's self absolved by God.
In Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox Jews were waving chickens above their heads in a symbolic ritual of transferring their sins to the birds in preparation for the Jewish holiest holiday of Yom Kippur.
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