Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 6897 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 3133 | 10 Tishrei 6894 | ||
Yom Kippur 3134 | 10 Tishrei 6895 | ||
Yom Kippur 3135 | 10 Tishrei 6896 | ||
Yom Kippur 3136 | 10 Tishrei 6897 | ||
Yom Kippur 3137 | 10 Tishrei 6898 | ||
Yom Kippur 3138 | 10 Tishrei 6899 | ||
Yom Kippur 3139 | 10 Tishrei 6900 | ||
Yom Kippur 3140 | 10 Tishrei 6901 |
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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