Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8653 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 4889 | 10 Tishrei 8650 | ||
Yom Kippur 4890 | 10 Tishrei 8651 | ||
Yom Kippur 4891 | 10 Tishrei 8652 | ||
Yom Kippur 4892 | 10 Tishrei 8653 | ||
Yom Kippur 4893 | 10 Tishrei 8654 | ||
Yom Kippur 4894 | 10 Tishrei 8655 | ||
Yom Kippur 4895 | 10 Tishrei 8656 | ||
Yom Kippur 4896 | 10 Tishrei 8657 |
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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