Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8956 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 5192 | 10 Tishrei 8953 | ||
Yom Kippur 5193 | 10 Tishrei 8954 | ||
Yom Kippur 5194 | 10 Tishrei 8955 | ||
Yom Kippur 5195 | 10 Tishrei 8956 | ||
Yom Kippur 5196 | 10 Tishrei 8957 | ||
Yom Kippur 5197 | 10 Tishrei 8958 | ||
Yom Kippur 5198 | 10 Tishrei 8959 | ||
Yom Kippur 5199 | 10 Tishrei 8960 |
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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