Comparison Between Religion And Yom Kippur

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Faith and religion is a very big part of some people’s lives. The two pictures above both show people praying. In the first picture, Jewish men are praying in a Ghetto during Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is a holiday to cleanse your soul and ask for forgiveness before the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It can be inferred that they are asking for forgiveness and for a good year to come. However in the second picture, the man praying looks to be celebrating. He is a refugees from presumably Seria and is most likely celebrating that he is alive and has made it to a refugee camp. Both of the pictures show people holding onto faith although they are in rough, not ideal situations. Although they are not the same picture they both depict holding onto faith

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