Yom Kippur 4210 / יוֹם כִּפּוּר 7971

Day of Atonement ✡️

Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 7971 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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Dates for Yom Kippur

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom Kippur 4207 10 Tishrei 7968
Yom Kippur 4208 10 Tishrei 7969
Yom Kippur 4209 10 Tishrei 7970
Yom Kippur 4210 10 Tishrei 7971
Yom Kippur 4211 10 Tishrei 7972
Yom Kippur 4212 10 Tishrei 7973
Yom Kippur 4213 10 Tishrei 7974
Yom Kippur 4214 10 Tishrei 7975

Tanakh

Yom Kippur (on Shabbat) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11

  1. 1: Leviticus 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 16:4-6 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 16:7-11 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 16:12-17 · 6 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 16:18-24 · 7 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 16:25-30 · 6 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 16:31-34 · 4 p’sukim
  8. maf: Numbers 29:7-11 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14-58:14 · 22 p’sukim

Yom Kippur (Mincha) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר מִנחָה

Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-30

  1. 1: Leviticus 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim
  3. maf: Leviticus 18:22-30 · 9 p’sukim

Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20 · 51 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Yom Kippur” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

Days of Awe
by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Entering the High Holy Days
by Rabbi Reuven Hammer

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