Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 6861 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 3097 | 10 Tishrei 6858 | ||
Yom Kippur 3098 | 10 Tishrei 6859 | ||
Yom Kippur 3099 | 10 Tishrei 6860 | ||
Yom Kippur 3100 | 10 Tishrei 6861 | ||
Yom Kippur 3101 | 10 Tishrei 6862 | ||
Yom Kippur 3102 | 10 Tishrei 6863 | ||
Yom Kippur 3103 | 10 Tishrei 6864 | ||
Yom Kippur 3104 | 10 Tishrei 6865 |
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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