Yom Kippur

primary holy day in Judaism, tenth day of the new year
Event public_holiday Q132994
Yom Kippur
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Summary

Yom Kippur is a public holiday[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of public holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,858 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Judaism[3]
  • Instance of: ta'anit[4], religious holiday[5]
  • Follows: Rosh Hashanah[6], Fast of Gedalia[7]
  • Followed by: Sukkot[8], Q141648545[9]
  • Subclass of: Jewish holiday[10]
  • Part of: Ten Days of Repentance[11]
  • Commons category: Yom Kippur[12]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: June 10[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Yom Kippur[14]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Jewish Encyclopedia[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18]
  • Native label: יום כיפור‎[19], יום־כּיפּור[20], יום הכפורים‎[21]
  • Operating area: worldwide[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
  • P14541: 3KJkgs[24]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for Yom Kippur include Yom Kippur War[25], a war[26], in Egypt[27].

Why It Matters

Yom Kippur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include Yom Kippur War[25], a war[26], in Egypt[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · הראש · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'c
    Followed by → Sukkot, Q141648545
    Native label → {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'יום כיפור\u200e'}, {'lang': 'yi', 'text': 'יום־כּיפּור'}, {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'יום הכפורים\u200e'}
    Namuwiki id → 대속죄일
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Followed by: Q141648545"
  2. 22d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Rosh Hashanah, Fast of Gedalia
    Followed by → Sukkot, Q141648545
    Native label → {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'יום כיפור\u200e'}, {'lang': 'yi', 'text': 'יום־כּיפּור'}, {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'יום הכפורים\u200e'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Native label: יום כיפור‎"
  3. 5w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Rosh Hashanah, Fast of Gedalia
    Part of → Ten Days of Repentance
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Follows: Rosh Hashanah"
  4. 5w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → public holiday, ta'anit, religious holiday
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: religious holiday"
  5. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 2093
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 2093, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167475091|DAY OF ATONEMENT (#167475091)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclo"
  6. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → yom-kippur
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: yom-kippur, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969442|yom kippur (#289969442)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  7. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3KJkgs
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  8. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → jom-kipuras
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: jom-kipuras"
  9. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Yom Kippur
    Subclass of → Jewish holiday
    Local thumb → —
    Religion or worldview → Judaism
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531830605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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