Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 7840 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 4076 | 10 Tishrei 7837 | ||
Yom Kippur 4077 | 10 Tishrei 7838 | ||
Yom Kippur 4078 | 10 Tishrei 7839 | ||
Yom Kippur 4079 | 10 Tishrei 7840 | ||
Yom Kippur 4080 | 10 Tishrei 7841 | ||
Yom Kippur 4081 | 10 Tishrei 7842 | ||
Yom Kippur 4082 | 10 Tishrei 7843 | ||
Yom Kippur 4083 | 10 Tishrei 7844 |
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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