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Yom Kippur: Services
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An important part of the Yom Kippur service is the “Vidui” or confession. The confession serves to help reflect on ones misdeeds and to confess them verbally is part of the formal repentance in asking for G-Ds forgiveness.
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As Yom Kippur ends, at the last hour a service called "Ne'ila" (Neilah) offers a final opportunity for repentance. It is the only service of the year during which the doors to the Ark (where the Torah scrolls are stored) remain open from the beginning to end of the service, signifying that the gates of Heaven are open at this time.
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Seven days prior to Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol was sequestered in the Parhedrin chamber in the Temple, where he reviewed the service with the Temple sages, and was sprinkled with spring water containing ashes of the Red Heifer as purification. The Talmud (Tractate Yoma) ... reports that he practiced the incense offering ritual in the Avitnas chamber.
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The concluding service is unique to Yom Kippur. Called Ne'ilah, it usually lasts an hour and the ark (where Torah scrolls are kept) remains open throughout the service. Everyone therefore must stand the entire time. The service is the last chance to get in a "good word" before God's judgments are sealed. At nightfall, the Yom Kippur service concludes with one last long blast on the shofar. {7}
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It ... includes a historical look at Yom Kippur from Bram Roos, producer of A&E's "Mysteries of the Bible," and segments shot on location in Jerusalem at the Western Wall, the most holy site in Judaism. The rabbi offers a memorial service at the Wall, where thousands of people come to pray every day.
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