Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 12953 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 9189 | 10 Tishrei 12950 | ||
Yom Kippur 9190 | 10 Tishrei 12951 | ||
Yom Kippur 9191 | 10 Tishrei 12952 | ||
Yom Kippur 9192 | 10 Tishrei 12953 | ||
Yom Kippur 9193 | 10 Tishrei 12954 | ||
Yom Kippur 9194 | 10 Tishrei 12955 | ||
Yom Kippur 9195 | 10 Tishrei 12956 | ||
Yom Kippur 9196 | 10 Tishrei 12957 |
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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