Holidays Major holidays Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur / יוֹם כִּפּוּר

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) for Hebrew Year 5781 begins at sundown on Sunday, 27 September 2020 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 28 September 2020 .

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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Tanakh

Yom Kippur / יוֹם כִּפּוּר

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-16:34

Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14 - 58:14

Yom Kippur (on Shabbat) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-16:34

Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14 - 58:14

Yom Kippur (Mincha, Traditional) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר מנחה

Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-18:30

Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20

Yom Kippur (Mincha, Alternate) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר מנחה

Torah Portion: Leviticus 19:1-19:18

Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20

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