Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 12659 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 8895 | 10 Tishrei 12656 | ||
Yom Kippur 8896 | 10 Tishrei 12657 | ||
Yom Kippur 8897 | 10 Tishrei 12658 | ||
Yom Kippur 8898 | 10 Tishrei 12659 | ||
Yom Kippur 8899 | 10 Tishrei 12660 | ||
Yom Kippur 8900 | 10 Tishrei 12661 | ||
Yom Kippur 8901 | 10 Tishrei 12662 | ||
Yom Kippur 8902 | 10 Tishrei 12663 |
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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