Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 7497 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 3733 | 10 Tishrei 7494 | ||
Yom Kippur 3734 | 10 Tishrei 7495 | ||
Yom Kippur 3735 | 10 Tishrei 7496 | ||
Yom Kippur 3736 | 10 Tishrei 7497 | ||
Yom Kippur 3737 | 10 Tishrei 7498 | ||
Yom Kippur 3738 | 10 Tishrei 7499 | ||
Yom Kippur 3739 | 10 Tishrei 7500 | ||
Yom Kippur 3740 | 10 Tishrei 7501 |
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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