The British music legend, whose wife is Jewish, has attended High Holiday prayers in the past, and has been described as having a 'love affair with all things Jewish'

Beatles legend Paul McCartney is being called a mensch after he was spotted celebrating Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, at a synagogue in Santiago, Chile Saturday.

Paul McCartney, the former Beatle, attended Yom Kippur services on Saturday with his Jewish wife in Santiago, Chile. He had performed a solo concert there on Friday night, the beginning of the Jewish holiday of atonement.

Musician Paul McCartney attends the British premiere of ''If These Walls Could Sing'' in London, Britain December 12, 2022. (credit: REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska)This was not the first time that McCartney and his wife were spotted attending synagogue services.

Paul McCartney helped a couple get engaged on stage during a soundcheck ahead of a sold-out show in Chile. The 82-year-old spotted Chilean couple Yamil Alamo and Leonora Pereira dressed as 1970s versions of himself and his late wife Linda McCartney holding a sign that said: "Paul: Give us a handshake and we'll get married."