Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8257 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 4493 | 10 Tishrei 8254 | ||
Yom Kippur 4494 | 10 Tishrei 8255 | ||
Yom Kippur 4495 | 10 Tishrei 8256 | ||
Yom Kippur 4496 | 10 Tishrei 8257 | ||
Yom Kippur 4497 | 10 Tishrei 8258 | ||
Yom Kippur 4498 | 10 Tishrei 8259 | ||
Yom Kippur 4499 | 10 Tishrei 8260 | ||
Yom Kippur 4500 | 10 Tishrei 8261 |
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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