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The Jewish Press Weekly Luach
by Rav Yaakov Klass

New York City
CANDLE LIGHTING TIME
September 25, 2020 – 7 Tishrei 5781
6:29 p.m. N.Y.C., E.D.T.
 
Sabbath Ends: 7:26 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sabbath Ends Rabbenu Tam: 7:58 NYC E.D.T.
Weekly Reading: Ha’azinu
Weekly Haftara: Shuva Yisrael (Hosea 14:2-10; Joel 2:11-27; Micah 7:18-20)
Daf Yomi: Eruvin 47
Mishna Yomit: Kelim 12:6-7 
Halacha Yomit: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 196:5-9
Rambam Yomi: Hilchos Gerushin chap. 1-3
Earliest time for Tallis and Tefillin: 5:57 a.m. NYC E.D.T. 
Sunrise: 6:46 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Latest Kerias Shema: 9:46 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sunset: 6:47 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
 
During the week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we perform the kapparos (atonement) ritual by making a substitute offering to Hashem. This is customarily done with a live chicken, but a live fish may also be used, and one can even give money for charity. The text of the accompanying prayer is found in the Yom Kippur Machzor.  [...Click headline above for more...]