Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 5888 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 2124 | 10 Tishrei 5885 | ||
Yom Kippur 2125 | 10 Tishrei 5886 | ||
Yom Kippur 2126 | 10 Tishrei 5887 | ||
Yom Kippur 2127 | 10 Tishrei 5888 | ||
Yom Kippur 2128 | 10 Tishrei 5889 | ||
Yom Kippur 2129 | 10 Tishrei 5890 | ||
Yom Kippur 2130 | 10 Tishrei 5891 | ||
Yom Kippur 2131 | 10 Tishrei 5892 |
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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