Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8603 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 4839 | 10 Tishrei 8600 | ||
Yom Kippur 4840 | 10 Tishrei 8601 | ||
Yom Kippur 4841 | 10 Tishrei 8602 | ||
Yom Kippur 4842 | 10 Tishrei 8603 | ||
Yom Kippur 4843 | 10 Tishrei 8604 | ||
Yom Kippur 4844 | 10 Tishrei 8605 | ||
Yom Kippur 4845 | 10 Tishrei 8606 | ||
Yom Kippur 4846 | 10 Tishrei 8607 |
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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