Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 8962 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 5198 | 10 Tishrei 8959 | ||
Yom Kippur 5199 | 10 Tishrei 8960 | ||
Yom Kippur 5200 | 10 Tishrei 8961 | ||
Yom Kippur 5201 | 10 Tishrei 8962 | ||
Yom Kippur 5202 | 10 Tishrei 8963 | ||
Yom Kippur 5203 | 10 Tishrei 8964 | ||
Yom Kippur 5204 | 10 Tishrei 8965 | ||
Yom Kippur 5205 | 10 Tishrei 8966 |
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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