The Torah

The Rabbis

It’s a Minhag

Standing straight up

It is recited with one bending over slightly

Over should show weakness

One should not lean on anything

It is worn by a person when he is buried, so it is a way to humble the person to repent

It looks nicer for everyone to have a uniform

We want our slates to be cleaned like white

It is to make us look like angels

We want to show it’s a serious day

It is יום טוב

The Gemara says that it is the happiest day of the year, due to our being forgiven for our sins

You go to a king with your best clothes

So that we concentrate better

So Rabbi Gersten will see us saying it nicely and give us waffles. :)

This is because משה heard the מלאכים praising ה with this

We are not on the level to say it

So that we have extra Kavana

To show this day is so holy

On יום הכיפורים we are like angels, and therefore we can say it out loud

Its like the Shofar

If one's life is in danger

The Chazan

Someone who is sick and needs antibiotics

Children under Bar or Bas Mitzvah

One washes Neigel Vasser as usual, washing each hand three times alternating

One may not wash Neigel Vasser

One only washes until his knuckles and not until his wrist

One only washes the tips of his fingers

Yes

No

While one's hands are wet from washing Neigel Vasser, he may rub his hands on his face

They are not considered moist enough to Halachicly be called washing

One may not wash his hands

On Shabbos we are commemorating the creation of fire

On Shabbos we are commemorating the creation of the sun

On יום הכיפורים we use the fire to show that now we can use it

On יום הכיפורים we use the fire to show that our lives have been lit up

We know we did a proper Teshuva

We are starving

It is the Yom Tov meal for Yom Kippur

We trust that we were forgiven by ה