Yom Kippur 2008

October 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Yom Kippur Thursday October 9 -16 years, -2 months, -13 days or -5918 days 10 11 12 13 Columbus Day Monday October 13 -16 years, -2 months, -9 days or -5914 days 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Friday October 31 -16 years, -1 months, -22 days or -5896 days

Yom Kippur for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Wednesday, October 8th ending at sundown on Thursday, October 9th.

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 2008

Thursday, October 9th is day number 283 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -2 months, -13 days until Yom Kippur 2008.