Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8708 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 4944 | 10 Tishrei 8705 | ||
Yom Kippur 4945 | 10 Tishrei 8706 | ||
Yom Kippur 4946 | 10 Tishrei 8707 | ||
Yom Kippur 4947 | 10 Tishrei 8708 | ||
Yom Kippur 4948 | 10 Tishrei 8709 | ||
Yom Kippur 4949 | 10 Tishrei 8710 | ||
Yom Kippur 4950 | 10 Tishrei 8711 | ||
Yom Kippur 4951 | 10 Tishrei 8712 |
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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