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From fratricide to forgiveness: The unlikely origins of Yom Kippur

17 Sep 2026, 13:02 GMT By Elon Gilad
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While tradition says that observance of the Day of Atonement was initiated by Moses, careful reading of the Bible indicates that the holiday was a much later contrivance