Yom Kippur begins on the evening of Tuesday, October 11 and ends on the evening of Wednesday, October 12. It is the holiest day of the year in Judaism.Those of the Jewish faith traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services.
The significance of the day is Atonement for personal and national sins, the fate of each person is sealed for the upcoming year.
According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God.