Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8558 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 4794 | 10 Tishrei 8555 | ||
Yom Kippur 4795 | 10 Tishrei 8556 | ||
Yom Kippur 4796 | 10 Tishrei 8557 | ||
Yom Kippur 4797 | 10 Tishrei 8558 | ||
Yom Kippur 4798 | 10 Tishrei 8559 | ||
Yom Kippur 4799 | 10 Tishrei 8560 | ||
Yom Kippur 4800 | 10 Tishrei 8561 | ||
Yom Kippur 4801 | 10 Tishrei 8562 |
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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