Yom Kippur - 'Day of Atonementโ - is the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith. According to the tradition itโs on Yom Kippur that God decides each personโs fate, so Jews are encouraged to make amends and ask for forgiveness for sins committed in the past year.
Gmar Chatima Tova!
Pic: Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb (1878)