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Yom Kippur (/ ˌ j ɒ m k ɪ ˈ p ʊər, ˌ j ɔː m ˈ k ɪ p ər, ˌ j oʊ m-/ ⓘ YOM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; [1] Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר Yōm Kippūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. ' Day of Atonement ') is the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
What is Yom Kippur? Following Rosh Hashanah on the calendar, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for people of the Jewish faith. With this holiday , God's judgment is final for the year, and ...
Yom Kippur begins several minutes before sunset on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, and concludes at nightfall on Saturday, Oct. 12th, 2024. In the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur begins on the 10th day of Tishrei.
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יום כפור, romanized: yom kippūr, lit. 'Day of Atonement') is the holiest day of the Jewish year. The Hebrew Bible calls the day Yom Hakippurim "Day of the Atonement/s". In the Hebrew calendar, the ninth day of Tishrei is known as Erev Yom Kippur (Yom Kippur eve). Yom Kippur itself begins around sunset on that day and ...
Numbers 29:1 calls the festival yom teru'ah ("day of blowing [the horn]"). [6] The term rosh hashanah appears once in the Bible (Ezekiel 40:1), [7] where it has a different meaning: either generally the time of the "beginning of the year", or possibly a reference to Yom Kippur, [8] or to the month of Nisan. [a] [12]
This year, Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Sunday, September 24, 2023 and ends at nightfall on Monday, September 25, 2023. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayers are found in a special prayer book ...
Yom Kippur: 14 Sep to 14 Oct Sukkot (first of seven days) 19 Sep to 19 Oct Shemini Atzeret: 26 Sep to 26 Oct Simchat Torah: 27 Sep to 27 Oct Yom HaAliyah (school observance) 11 Oct to 10 Nov Hanukkah (first of eight days) 28 Nov to 27 Dec Tu Bishvat: 15 Jan to 14 Feb Purim: 24 Feb to 26 Mar Shushan Purim: 25 Feb to 27 Mar Yom HaAliyah: 21 Mar ...
Today we recognize Yom Kippur -- also known as the Day of Atonement -- a Jewish holiday that began last evening at sundown.