Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8503 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 4739 | 10 Tishrei 8500 | ||
Yom Kippur 4740 | 10 Tishrei 8501 | ||
Yom Kippur 4741 | 10 Tishrei 8502 | ||
Yom Kippur 4742 | 10 Tishrei 8503 | ||
Yom Kippur 4743 | 10 Tishrei 8504 | ||
Yom Kippur 4744 | 10 Tishrei 8505 | ||
Yom Kippur 4745 | 10 Tishrei 8506 | ||
Yom Kippur 4746 | 10 Tishrei 8507 |
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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