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How long is the holiday for yom kippur?

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Yom Kippur is one day, lasting from evening to evening (Leviticus ch.23). In actual practice, we observe it for about 25 hours from sunset to the following twilight, because of the command to "add from the weekday to the holy day" (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 9a).

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Yom Kippur lasts for 25 hours from sunset to the following twilight.

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