Hebrew Language & Culture

8+ hour, 25+ min ago   (92+ words) During the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the fast is observed for 25 hours, beginning at sunset and ending at nightfall, with exact times varying by city Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day…...

17+ hour, 23+ min ago   (548+ words) The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, starts today. The solemn observance begins at sunset on Sunday, Sept. 20, and continues until nightfall on Monday, Sept. 21, this year. Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the…...

23+ hour, 2+ min ago   (984+ words) Jewish people will observe one of the holiest holidays from Sunday evening to Monday night: Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur starts nine days after the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and marks the end of the 10 Days of Repentance, a period…...

10+ hour, 27+ min ago   (196+ words) Rabbi Yossi Refson receives help from preschoolers as they lift up the shofar during a lesson about the horn before Rosh Hashanah at Chabad of Charleston-Jewish Life Center, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Charleston. The shofar, made from a ram’s horn, is…...

11+ hour, 34+ min ago   (494+ words) Rav Kook was a prominent rabbinical authority and active public leader, but at the same time a deeply religious mystic. He was both Talmudic scholar and poet, original thinker and saintly tzaddik. The days from Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1155+ words) New research into ancient Jewish life reveals how Yom Kippur was observed beyond the Temple, from fasting and private prayer to communal reflection....

10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (352+ words) Yom Kippur 5787 is approaching, and for many worshippers the most important practical information is when the fast begins and ends. Ahead of Judaism's holiest day, Israel Hayom publishes the precise start and end times for cities across Israel. In northern…...

17+ hour, 7+ min ago   (583+ words) We are made viscerally aware of the value of time, of a moment, of a day. And so it is with Yom Kippur, the Day....

19+ hour, 5+ min ago   (352+ words) Yom Kippur 5787 is approaching, and for many worshippers the most important practical information is when the fast begins and ends. Ahead of Judaism's holiest day, Israel Hayom publishes the precise start and end times for cities across Israel. In northern…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1033+ words) Jewish sources describe Yom Kippur as one of the year’s happiest days, when young people once sought partners; its ban on sexual intimacy, the authors argue, offers couples a lesson about repairing the heart before returning to the body We…...