Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 11659 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 7895 | 10 Tishrei 11656 | ||
Yom Kippur 7896 | 10 Tishrei 11657 | ||
Yom Kippur 7897 | 10 Tishrei 11658 | ||
Yom Kippur 7898 | 10 Tishrei 11659 | ||
Yom Kippur 7899 | 10 Tishrei 11660 | ||
Yom Kippur 7900 | 10 Tishrei 11661 | ||
Yom Kippur 7901 | 10 Tishrei 11662 | ||
Yom Kippur 7902 | 10 Tishrei 11663 |
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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