Yom Kippur 5959 / יוֹם כִּפּוּר 9720

Day of Atonement ✡️

Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 9720 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 5956 10 Tishrei 9717
Yom Kippur 5957 10 Tishrei 9718
Yom Kippur 5958 10 Tishrei 9719
Yom Kippur 5959 10 Tishrei 9720
Yom Kippur 5960 10 Tishrei 9721
Yom Kippur 5961 10 Tishrei 9722
Yom Kippur 5962 10 Tishrei 9723
Yom Kippur 5963 10 Tishrei 9724

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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