Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 10709 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 6945 | 10 Tishrei 10706 | ||
Yom Kippur 6946 | 10 Tishrei 10707 | ||
Yom Kippur 6947 | 10 Tishrei 10708 | ||
Yom Kippur 6948 | 10 Tishrei 10709 | ||
Yom Kippur 6949 | 10 Tishrei 10710 | ||
Yom Kippur 6950 | 10 Tishrei 10711 | ||
Yom Kippur 6951 | 10 Tishrei 10712 | ||
Yom Kippur 6952 | 10 Tishrei 10713 |
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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