Each holy day has distinctive traits, but Atonement may be the most peculiar - and not just fasting, but also the two goats and God forbidding all work.

While God is consistently depicted as working, magic seemingly provides a shortcut that bypasses overcoming and growth, attaining something for nothing.

Refraining from work on the Day of Atonement symbolizes our inability to atone for our sins. We, humble and poor in spirit, depend upon God for everything.