Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8743 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 4979 | 10 Tishrei 8740 | ||
Yom Kippur 4980 | 10 Tishrei 8741 | ||
Yom Kippur 4981 | 10 Tishrei 8742 | ||
Yom Kippur 4982 | 10 Tishrei 8743 | ||
Yom Kippur 4983 | 10 Tishrei 8744 | ||
Yom Kippur 4984 | 10 Tishrei 8745 | ||
Yom Kippur 4985 | 10 Tishrei 8746 | ||
Yom Kippur 4986 | 10 Tishrei 8747 |
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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