Chapter 131 – The Day Before Yom Kippur
131.1) Perform the ceremony of kapparot at dawn.
131.2) Certain prayers are not required. (See source for details, or consult a rabbi.)
131.3) Feast sumptuously.
131.4) Only sins committed against G-d will be atoned for on Yom Kippur.
131.5) Do not hold enmity in your heart against another. If you need to fix this, assemble ten men at the grave of a dead person and say, “I have sinned against the G-d of Israel and against this man (his name).
131.6) You are duty-bound to immerse yourself.
131.7) Every householder prepares two candles.
131.8) Put on Sabbath garments to go to the synagogue to pray the Minhah service.
131.9) Recite Al het while standing in a bowed posture. At the mention of each sin, beat your breast.
131.10) Do not recite Avinu malkenu (our Father, our King) after Minhah.
131.11) It is customary to receive malkot (flagellation) after Minhah.
131.12) Toward evening, eat the final meal before the fast.
131.13) Do not put away food in a hot oven.
131.14) Do not eat or drink on Yom Kippur.
131.15) Put on a white robe (kittle) to simulate shrouds.
131.16) Mothers and fathers should bless their children before going to synagogue.
131.17) Put on tallit for evening service.