The Jewish day of atonement. Unless medically contraindicated, you are to fast^* fast, and to meditate on where you have failed to measure up this year^†, and how you might be better next year.

The fast went quite well for me. My feet bothered me more than my stomach.

Just before the fast, we ate a meal of home made chicken pot pie^‡ which was rather nice.

Natalie, our 10 year old daughter actually fasted until about 2:30 in the afternoon, which was quite impressive.

We got together with some neighbors for a break the fast which was a lot of fun too/

^*This means no food OR water for about 25½ hours. Judaism is not a religion for wimps.
^†Were I to post the list here, it would overload your browser.
^‡You do not want to start a day without water with something spicy.