Beginning at sunset today, Jews celebrate Yom Kippur, the holiest day of their year. Many Jews commonly spend the day in prayer in their synagogue.

According to Leviticus 16:29 in the Bible, using the Jewish calendar, “And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you” (translation from the Jewish Publication Society). The month is called Tishri.

“It’s a time of reflection, when we really can consider the year that was,” Rabbi Richard Steinberg explained to us; he’s senior rabbi at Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot in Irvine. “It’s a time when we learn the lessons of the year that was, so we can improve for the year to come.”

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