In 2011, in the Hebrew year 5772, Yom Kippur begins in the evening of Friday, October 7, and ends the following evening, Saturday, October 8.
The times depend on the time of local sunset, which varies across a time zone,
and even across a single large metropolitan area. A rabbi in the city of interest,
or a publication from the Jewish community there, should be consulted.
The sunset for New York on Saturday, October 8 is predicted at 6:27 p.m. and the 25 hour fast ends approximately 7:30 p.m.
October 8th, 2011 (erev Yom kippur begins the evening of October 7th).
The fast begins just before sundown on Friday night, and ends about 25 hours later after sundown. For New York City, the sunset was around 6:27 pm on Saturday, October 8th, 2011.
Yom Kippur ends after sunset. Sunset for Toronto on October 8th, 2011 was at 6:47 PM.
It ends at 7:45 :)
October 8, 2011
Yom Kippur began at sundown on Friday October 7th, 2011. In Los Angeles, sundown was at approximately 6:30 PM.
The Day of Atonement is Yom Kippur (Leviticus ch.23). This is the holiest day in Judaism and the day where even secular Jews attend synagogue. On Yom Kippur, Jewish people fast from all food and drinks for a complete 25hrs, starting just before sunset the previous day.
Jewish Mexicans do Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur
The pronounciation of yom kippur is yum-kipp-her.
At sundown.
Yom Kippur is not a person or a country, it is a holiday. The Egyptians chose to invade Israel on Yom Kippur because of its solemnity. They expected the Israelis to be unprepared on Yom Kippur, which was indeed the case.
First, we want to make sure that you don't think that Yom Kippur is a month. Yom Kippur is a single day, in the Hebrew month of Tishrei. Elul (אלול) is the month preceding Tishrei and all the days in it, including Yom Kippur.
Jewish Mexicans celebrate Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur literally means "Day of Atonement".
Yom Kippur is from the Torah (Leviticus ch.23).