Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 6240 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 2476 | 10 Tishrei 6237 | ||
Yom Kippur 2477 | 10 Tishrei 6238 | ||
Yom Kippur 2478 | 10 Tishrei 6239 | ||
Yom Kippur 2479 | 10 Tishrei 6240 | ||
Yom Kippur 2480 | 10 Tishrei 6241 | ||
Yom Kippur 2481 | 10 Tishrei 6242 | ||
Yom Kippur 2482 | 10 Tishrei 6243 | ||
Yom Kippur 2483 | 10 Tishrei 6244 |
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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