Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown tonight. For Jewish people all over the world, this marks the start of a 10-day period of self-examination and reflection that culminates on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown on Oct. 7, is considered the holiest day of the Jewish year.
According to Jewish tradition, a person is written in the “Book of Life’’ for the coming year on Rosh Hashanah. But the Book is not sealed until Yom Kippur.