Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 5981 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 2217 | 10 Tishrei 5978 | ||
Yom Kippur 2218 | 10 Tishrei 5979 | ||
Yom Kippur 2219 | 10 Tishrei 5980 | ||
Yom Kippur 2220 | 10 Tishrei 5981 | ||
Yom Kippur 2221 | 10 Tishrei 5982 | ||
Yom Kippur 2222 | 10 Tishrei 5983 | ||
Yom Kippur 2223 | 10 Tishrei 5984 | ||
Yom Kippur 2224 | 10 Tishrei 5985 |
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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