Rosh Hashanah, one of the High Holy Days, means the "head of the year" and is a celebration of the Jewish New Year filled with sweetness and introspection.

The holiday is considered Judaism’s most sacred day of the year, sometimes referred to as the “Sabbath of Sabbaths,” and is when Jews are closest to God and to the essence of their souls, according to ...

The Jewish faithful have many celebrations, and for some, the most solemn — Yom Kippur — is set to begin. Yom Kippur is a time of reflection and marks the end of a stretch of days that begin with the ...

The holiest day of the year in Judaism begins on Wednesday, Oct. 1, just before sunset. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and it lasts about 26 hours or until nightfall on Thursday. Yom ...

Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah. But what is ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins a period of reflection known as the High Holidays. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Judaism and involves a daylong fast. The High ...