Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 6253 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 2489 | 10 Tishrei 6250 | ||
Yom Kippur 2490 | 10 Tishrei 6251 | ||
Yom Kippur 2491 | 10 Tishrei 6252 | ||
Yom Kippur 2492 | 10 Tishrei 6253 | ||
Yom Kippur 2493 | 10 Tishrei 6254 | ||
Yom Kippur 2494 | 10 Tishrei 6255 | ||
Yom Kippur 2495 | 10 Tishrei 6256 | ||
Yom Kippur 2496 | 10 Tishrei 6257 |
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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