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Israel comes to halt for solemn day of Yom Kippur

Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray during the Tashlich ceremony, next to an aquarium at a zoo in the ultra-Orthodox Israeli town of Bnei Brak, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his kids as part of the Kaparot ritual in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Observant Jews believe the ritual transfers one's sins from the past year into the chicken, and is performed before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Kiryat Sanz Hassidic sect listen to their rabbi on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea as they participate in a Tashlich ceremony, in Netanya, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means "to cast away" in Hebrew, is the practice in which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically "throw away" their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which starts at sundown on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather for the Tashlich ceremony, at a zoo in the ultra-Orthodox Israeli town of Bnei Brak, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a chicken during the Kaparot ritual in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Observant Jews believe the ritual transfers one's sins from the past year into the chicken, and is performed before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Women take part in a Tashlich ceremony, where they wrote down things they want to release before casting them into a fire, on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Women take part in a Tashlich ceremony, where they wrote down things they want to release before casting them into a fire, on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man whips a member of his Hasidic dynasty with a leather strap as a symbolic punishment for his sins last year's, during the traditional Malkot (whipping in Hebrew) ceremony, ahead of Yom Kippur that begins at sunset, in the city of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Yom Kippur is Judaism's day of atonement, when devout Jews ask God to forgive them for their transgressions and refrain from eating and drinking, attending intense prayer services in synagogues. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man whips a member of his Hasidic dynasty with a leather strap as a symbolic punishment for his sins last year, during the traditional Malkot (whipping in Hebrew) ceremony, ahead of Yom Kippur that begins at sunset, in the city of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Yom Kippur is Judaism's day of atonement, when devout Jews ask God to forgive them for their transgressions and refrain from eating and drinking, attending intense prayer services in synagogues. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man whips a member of his Hasidic dynasty with a leather strap as a symbolic punishment for his sins last year, during the traditional Malkot (whipping in Hebrew) ceremony, ahead of Yom Kippur that begins at sunset, in the city of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Yom Kippur is Judaism's day of atonement, when devout Jews ask God to forgive them for their transgressions and refrain from eating and drinking, attending intense prayer services in synagogues. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Rabbi Aharon Biderman gives cakes to his followers just before the start of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Yom Kippur is Judaism's day of atonement, when devout Jews ask God to forgive them for their transgressions and refrain from eating and drinking, attending intense prayer services in synagogues. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Women take part in a Tashlich ceremony, where they wrote down things they want to release before casting them into a fire, on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) A woman holds a shofar before the start of a Tashlich ceremony, on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Women take part in a Tashlich ceremony, where they wrote down things they want to release before casting them into a fire, on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Women take part in a Tashlich ceremony, where they wrote down things they want to release before casting them into a fire, on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)