Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 6936 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 3172 | 10 Tishrei 6933 | ||
Yom Kippur 3173 | 10 Tishrei 6934 | ||
Yom Kippur 3174 | 10 Tishrei 6935 | ||
Yom Kippur 3175 | 10 Tishrei 6936 | ||
Yom Kippur 3176 | 10 Tishrei 6937 | ||
Yom Kippur 3177 | 10 Tishrei 6938 | ||
Yom Kippur 3178 | 10 Tishrei 6939 | ||
Yom Kippur 3179 | 10 Tishrei 6940 |
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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