Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8597 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 4833 | 10 Tishrei 8594 | ||
Yom Kippur 4834 | 10 Tishrei 8595 | ||
Yom Kippur 4835 | 10 Tishrei 8596 | ||
Yom Kippur 4836 | 10 Tishrei 8597 | ||
Yom Kippur 4837 | 10 Tishrei 8598 | ||
Yom Kippur 4838 | 10 Tishrei 8599 | ||
Yom Kippur 4839 | 10 Tishrei 8600 | ||
Yom Kippur 4840 | 10 Tishrei 8601 |
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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