The holiest day — when every Jewish soul shines with its own light
Schedule for Erev Yom Kippur and the day of Yom Kippur 5787 at Beit Chabad Valencia, with the community times. The full halachic times for Valencia are below.
Erev Yom Kippur · eve
Mincha
Afternoon prayer
Seudah Mafseket
The last meal before the fast. Finish eating and drinking before 19:44; whoever lights the candles (19:40) should finish the meal before lighting.
Candle lighting
Before sunset
Fast begins
Before sunset
Kol Nidrei and Arvit
Annulment of vows and evening prayer
Yom Kippur · fast day
Shacharit
Morning prayer
Yizkor
In memory of our loved ones
Musaf
Includes the Avodah of the High Priest
Mincha
Reading of the Book of Jonah
Neilah
The closing of the heavenly gates
End of the fast · tekiah gedolah
Shofar blast and Havdalah
Light refreshments
There is no organized meal: after Havdalah we break the fast together with cookies and something to drink.
Halachic times for Valencia, Spain · September 20 – 21, 2026
The start of the fast (19:44) and its end (20:40) are the times published by Chabad.org for Valencia; candle lighting is brought forward to 19:40 as set by Beit Chabad Valencia. The rest are halachic times calculated for Valencia (39.47° N, 0.38° W). Yom Kippur lasts a single day worldwide.
Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר) is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar: the day of forgiveness, atonement and reconciliation with G-d.
For about 25 hours, from before sunset until nightfall the following day, we observe a complete fast — no eating or drinking — and devote ourselves entirely to prayer and teshuvah.
The day concludes with a long shofar blast (tekiah gedolah) marking the end of the fast and the sealing of the divine judgment.
The Rebbe taught that Yom Kippur reveals the essence of the Jewish soul: an inner point that never sinned and is always connected to G-d. The teshuvah of Yom Kippur reaches that essential point.
“On Yom Kippur, every Jew — regardless of everything — is a High Priest entering the Holy of Holies. On this day your soul is completely pure.”
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe