The Covenant given to the Israelites through Moses included only one day of fasting. That day was to be the most solemn and ritualistic day of the year. It is a day when the whole assembly comes together to remember their sins and transgressions, both as individuals and a people. It is time to spend the day fasting and denying ourselves the comfort of food, and to confess the past transgressions and ask forgiveness. Fasting was done with denial of other physical comforts, rough clothes were worn, no one washed that day.
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