Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8494 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 4730 | 10 Tishrei 8491 | ||
Yom Kippur 4731 | 10 Tishrei 8492 | ||
Yom Kippur 4732 | 10 Tishrei 8493 | ||
Yom Kippur 4733 | 10 Tishrei 8494 | ||
Yom Kippur 4734 | 10 Tishrei 8495 | ||
Yom Kippur 4735 | 10 Tishrei 8496 | ||
Yom Kippur 4736 | 10 Tishrei 8497 | ||
Yom Kippur 4737 | 10 Tishrei 8498 |
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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