Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 12856 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 9092 | 10 Tishrei 12853 | ||
Yom Kippur 9093 | 10 Tishrei 12854 | ||
Yom Kippur 9094 | 10 Tishrei 12855 | ||
Yom Kippur 9095 | 10 Tishrei 12856 | ||
Yom Kippur 9096 | 10 Tishrei 12857 | ||
Yom Kippur 9097 | 10 Tishrei 12858 | ||
Yom Kippur 9098 | 10 Tishrei 12859 | ||
Yom Kippur 9099 | 10 Tishrei 12860 |
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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