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- October 11, 2024
- Biblical Feasts
Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement Script and Playlist
The more I study Yom Kippur, the more fascinating I find this appointed time! It is certainly a unique day among the seven Biblical “feasts,” especially seeing as it’s seemingly not a feast or festival at all, but quite a somber day. You may be surprised to learn, as I was, that ancient Jewish writings call it one of the two most joyous days of the year and explain that, while the time the High Priest was doing his work in the Holy of Holies was indeed somber, when he came out and the work was done, there was much rejoicing as the people knew the atonement was complete for the year. They could rejoice knowing that they were forgiven and free!
In the past, we’ve kept to a somber tone for the whole day, but this year, we are going to do a little more humble celebrating. We who know Yeshua as Messiah have even more reason to celebrate that our atonement is complete because it’s not just for one year, but for all time! HalleluYah!
We’ve never used a script for Yom Kippur before, but I’m excited to share with the kids and our community what I consider to be the true meaning and spirit of Yom Kippur — that there is nothing we can bring or do to atone for our own sin, and we are completely dependent on a High Priest to make atonement for us in a manner that Yah will accept. As I’ve really dug into it this year, I have found so much depth and richness, and I hope this script helps others to find the same! This script follows the same format I used in the scripts for the other Biblical feasts. I’ve included a Host, a Hostess, and Readers 1-16. Feel free to divvy those out however it works best for you. If you have more than sixteen people, two can share a reader role. If you have less, one person can do more than one part. I did not include any songs in the script this time, but I did go ahead and make a YouTube playlist of videos with some songs I feel fit the themes of Yom Kippur. As always, feel free to make the script your own and change the wording or anything else you want. This is to serve you, not something for you to serve!
Here are three versions of the script.
As with my scripts for Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, Shavuot, and Yom Teruah, I make no promises that the Word and Pages files will hold the formatting, so to see how I intended it to look, check the PDF file. I print them double-sided with the short-edge binding setting and then fold them in half. As with the others, I’ve included a coloring sheet for the cover. This one is from Doodle Art Alley.
I hope this is all helpful for you, and I’d love to hear how you and your family commemorate Yom Kippur! In case you’d like to take a look at some of the resources I used in my study of Yom Kippur this year, I’ll list them below:
The Mo’edim Series: Yom Kippur from 119 Ministries
Is Yom Kippur a Day of Fasting? from 119 Ministries
Torah Class: The 7 Biblical Feasts and What They Mean for Followers of Yeshua – Part 2
Torah Class: Lesson 34 – Leviticus 23 Cont.
Yom Kippur: The Secret in the Talmud that no one has discovered! on YouTube from One for Israel Ministries
