今年も、ユダヤ暦5777年（2016年）10月12日に Yom Kippur (贖罪日)がやってきます。正確には10月11日の日没からです。そのあと10月17日～23日がスコット（仮庵の祭）です。
Yom Kippur / יום כפור
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים), Also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. 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. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes "the Days of Awe").
Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Tue, 11 October 2016.
Sukkot / סוכות
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Sukkot begins at sundown on Sun, 16 October 2016.
イエスの時代には、祭りの期間中、毎日シロアムの池からエルサレム神殿へ黄金の器で水を汲んで運び、朝晩二回行われる犠牲の際、供え物とともに祭壇に水を注ぐ行事が行われました。
