Editing Yom Kippur (section)

===Jewish unity===
Yom Kippur is considered a day of Jewish unity. In [[Kol Nidre]], in which vows are released, [[Herem (censure)|vows of excommunication]] against sinning Jews were similarly lifted and these "transgressors" were allowed to pray alongside other Jews.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://orot.ac.il/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%9C-%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D |title=אנו מתרין להתפלל עם העבריינים |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618113825/https://orot.ac.il/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%9C-%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the Talmud, "Any fast in which Jewish sinners do not also participate is not a valid fast".<ref>Keritot 6b</ref>

Similarly, the [[Mishnah]] describes Yom Kippur as a day on which men and women would once meet each other in the vineyards in order to arrange marriages.<ref name=taanit48>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Ta%27anit.4.8 |title=Taanit 4:8 |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618102600/https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Ta%27anit.4.8 |url-status=live }}</ref> While this story is surprising given the generally somber nature of the day, it is based on [[Levite's concubine#Finding new wives|the Biblical episode]] where the oath against marrying Benjaminites was circumvented by allowing them to take women from the vineyards as wives, and thus indicates the day's theme of abandoning grudges in order for the Jewish people to be reunited.<ref name=beer>[[Yaakov Medan]], ''Be'er Miriam: Yom Hakippurim''</ref>{{rp|29–30}}