Politician pockets foreign currency in the middle of your day of fasting and prayers (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
yom kippur
But I can't explain it at all! Could you help me understand?
(Other definitions for yom kippur that I've seen before include "Jewish holiday, also called Day of Atonement" , "Jewish solelmn Day of Atonement" , "Day of atonement, Jewish festival" , "Religious fast" , "Jewish Day of Atonement, most solemn of the year" .)