Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 6553 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 2789 | 10 Tishrei 6550 | ||
Yom Kippur 2790 | 10 Tishrei 6551 | ||
Yom Kippur 2791 | 10 Tishrei 6552 | ||
Yom Kippur 2792 | 10 Tishrei 6553 | ||
Yom Kippur 2793 | 10 Tishrei 6554 | ||
Yom Kippur 2794 | 10 Tishrei 6555 | ||
Yom Kippur 2795 | 10 Tishrei 6556 | ||
Yom Kippur 2796 | 10 Tishrei 6557 |
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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