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Why does the Jewish day start at sundown?

April 26, 2017Jewish sundown

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Why does the Jewish day start at sundown?

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Because this is how the Torah describes days, starting in the book of Genesis: “And there was evening, and there was morning, one day.” (Gen. 1:5). As another example, the Torah refers to Yom Kippur explicitly as “from evening to the next evening”.