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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List of Dates
Yom Kippur begins at sundown in the Diaspora on:- Fri, 17 September 2010 (10th of Tishrei, 5771)
- Fri, 07 October 2011 (10th of Tishrei, 5772)
- Tue, 25 September 2012 (10th of Tishrei, 5773)
- Fri, 13 September 2013 (10th of Tishrei, 5774)
- Fri, 03 October 2014 (10th of Tishrei, 5775)
- Tue, 22 September 2015 (10th of Tishrei, 5776)
Recommended Books
 Days of Awe by Shmuel Yosef Agnon |
 Entering the High Holy Days by Rabbi Reuven Hammer |
 This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared by Rabi Alan Lew |
 Yom Kippur Readings by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins |
Yom Kippur - יום כפור
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1 - 16:34 & Numbers 29:7 - 29:11
1: Leviticus 16:1-6
2: Leviticus 16:7-11
3: Leviticus 16:12-17
4: Leviticus 16:18-24
5: Leviticus 16:25-30
6: Leviticus 16:31-34
maf: Numbers 29:7-11
(5 p'sukim)
Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14 - 58:14
Yom Kippur (on Shabbat) - יום כפור (בשבת)
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1 - 16:34 & Numbers 29:7 - 29:11
1: Leviticus 16:1-3
2: Leviticus 16:4-6
3: Leviticus 16:7-11
4: Leviticus 16:12-17
5: Leviticus 16:18-24
6: Leviticus 16:25-30
7: Leviticus 16:31-34
maf: Numbers 29:7-11
(5 p'sukim)
Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14 - 58:14
Yom Kippur (Mincha) - יום כפור
Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1 - 18:30
1: Leviticus 18:1-5
2: Leviticus 18:6-21
3: Leviticus 18:22-30
Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- Hebrew - English Bible
- Mechon Mamre
- Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures
- Jewish Publication Society
- "Yom Kippur" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.