Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 7942 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 4178 | 10 Tishrei 7939 | ||
Yom Kippur 4179 | 10 Tishrei 7940 | ||
Yom Kippur 4180 | 10 Tishrei 7941 | ||
Yom Kippur 4181 | 10 Tishrei 7942 | ||
Yom Kippur 4182 | 10 Tishrei 7943 | ||
Yom Kippur 4183 | 10 Tishrei 7944 | ||
Yom Kippur 4184 | 10 Tishrei 7945 | ||
Yom Kippur 4185 | 10 Tishrei 7946 |
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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