Thursday March 28, 2024

Yom Kippur 2024


Jews praying at the western wall in Jerusalem at night for Yom Kippur.
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Saturday October 12
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Yom Kippur for the year 2024 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Friday, October 11th ending at sundown on Saturday, October 12.


Yom Kippur is on the tenth day of the month of Tishri in the Jewish calendar. Known as the Day of Atonement, the Jewish holiday is spent in prayer and fasting among many people of the Jewish faith. The seven day festival of Sukkot commemorating the wandering in the desert for 40 years, begins on the fifth day after Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the two important days of atonement for most practicing Jews.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Yom Kippur 2024

Saturday, October 12th is day number 286 of the 2024 calendar year with 6 months, 14 days until Yom Kippur 2024.


Yom Kippur
Name(s):Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
Type:Observance, Jewish
When:10th of Tishri in Hebrew Calendar

Dates for Yom Kippur

HolidayDateDays to Go
Yom Kippur 2022 Wednesday, October 05, 2022 -540
Yom Kippur 2023 Monday, September 25, 2023 -185
Yom Kippur 2024 Saturday, October 12, 2024 198
Yom Kippur 2025 Thursday, October 02, 2025 553
Yom Kippur 2026 Monday, September 21, 2026 907
Yom Kippur 2027 Monday, October 11, 2027 1292


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