Yom Kippur 2024 Fasting Times. Yom kippur means day of atonement and refers to the annual jewish observance of fasting, prayer, and repentance. Yom kippur 2024 is observed from before sundown on friday,october 11, 2024, and ends the following evening, on shabbat, october 12, 2024, after night has fallen.
2 the torah dubs yom kippur shabbat shabbaton —the “shabbat of shabbats,” 3 implying that it takes precedence over shabbat. 11, and ends the following evening, shabbat, oct.