Month of Tishrei
Observances: Erev Yom Kippur
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Erev Yom Kippur and Yom Kippur 5787
with candle-lighting times for Brooklyn, NY (*)
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Date |
Activity |
Erev
Yom Kippur | Sunday
September 20 |
- Kapporos service in the early morning.
- Festive meal in the early afternoon.
- Light the Candles 18 minutes before Sunset (6:40pm).
- After lighting the candles, recite (Blessing for Yom-Kippur):
- Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom A-sher Ki-de-sho-nu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-tzi-vo-nu Le-had-lik Ner Shel Yom Ha-ki-purim.
- Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom She-heche-yo-nu Ve-ki-yi-mo-nu Ve-higi-o-nu Liz-man Ha-zeh.
- בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים.
- בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִימָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לִזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
- Fast begins. One does not eat nor drink until after the fast ends, Monday night.
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Yom Kippur | Monday
September 21 |
- Yizkor memorial prayers.
- Yom Kippur ends after nightfall (7:38pm).
- After Maariv (evening services) it is a custom to do the Kidush Levanah Service before going home.
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* Notes:- The sunrise/sunset routines lack accuracy. If you enter geographic coordinates above the Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle, the times are guaranteed to be wrong.
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