Ask the Rabbi
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Yom Kippur
- General Questions
Question
How do you acknowledge Yom Kippur - do you say happy Yom Kippur?
Answer
The standard greeting, which applies from Rosh HaShana through Yom Kippur, is "G'mar Chatima Tova" which means (may you have) completion of a good inscription and seal.

Bowing to the floor during Aleinu
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tishrei 5, 5770

practicing Shofer blowing on Yom Kippur
Various Rabbis | Cheshvan 9, 5769
Selichot
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tishrei 22, 5771





