Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 7559 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 3795 | 10 Tishrei 7556 | ||
Yom Kippur 3796 | 10 Tishrei 7557 | ||
Yom Kippur 3797 | 10 Tishrei 7558 | ||
Yom Kippur 3798 | 10 Tishrei 7559 | ||
Yom Kippur 3799 | 10 Tishrei 7560 | ||
Yom Kippur 3800 | 10 Tishrei 7561 | ||
Yom Kippur 3801 | 10 Tishrei 7562 | ||
Yom Kippur 3802 | 10 Tishrei 7563 |
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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