Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 11779 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 8015 | 10 Tishrei 11776 | ||
Yom Kippur 8016 | 10 Tishrei 11777 | ||
Yom Kippur 8017 | 10 Tishrei 11778 | ||
Yom Kippur 8018 | 10 Tishrei 11779 | ||
Yom Kippur 8019 | 10 Tishrei 11780 | ||
Yom Kippur 8020 | 10 Tishrei 11781 | ||
Yom Kippur 8021 | 10 Tishrei 11782 | ||
Yom Kippur 8022 | 10 Tishrei 11783 |
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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