Yom Kippur 5133 / יוֹם כִּפּוּר 8894

Day of Atonement ✡️

Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8894 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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Dates for Yom Kippur

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom Kippur 5130 10 Tishrei 8891
Yom Kippur 5131 10 Tishrei 8892
Yom Kippur 5132 10 Tishrei 8893
Yom Kippur 5133 10 Tishrei 8894
Yom Kippur 5134 10 Tishrei 8895
Yom Kippur 5135 10 Tishrei 8896
Yom Kippur 5136 10 Tishrei 8897
Yom Kippur 5137 10 Tishrei 8898

Tanakh

Yom Kippur (on Shabbat) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11

  1. 1: Leviticus 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 16:4-6 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 16:7-11 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 16:12-17 · 6 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 16:18-24 · 7 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 16:25-30 · 6 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 16:31-34 · 4 p’sukim
  8. maf: Numbers 29:7-11 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14-58:14 · 22 p’sukim

Yom Kippur (Mincha) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר מִנחָה

Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-30

  1. 1: Leviticus 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim
  3. maf: Leviticus 18:22-30 · 9 p’sukim

Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20 · 51 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Yom Kippur” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

Days of Awe
by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Entering the High Holy Days
by Rabbi Reuven Hammer

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