Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 5859 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים), Also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes “the Days of Awe”).
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Yom Kippur 2095 | 10 Tishrei 5856 | ||
Yom Kippur 2096 | 10 Tishrei 5857 | ||
Yom Kippur 2097 | 10 Tishrei 5858 | ||
Yom Kippur 2098 | 10 Tishrei 5859 | ||
Yom Kippur 2099 | 10 Tishrei 5860 | ||
Yom Kippur 2100 | 10 Tishrei 5861 | ||
Yom Kippur 2101 | 10 Tishrei 5862 | ||
Yom Kippur 2102 | 10 Tishrei 5863 |
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11
Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14-58:14 · 22 p’sukim
Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-30
Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20 · 51 p’sukim
Days of Awe
by Shmuel Yosef Agnon
This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared
by Rabi Alan Lew
Entering the High Holy Days
by Rabbi Reuven Hammer
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