Ten Days of Repentance · Aseret Yemei Teshuvah

Culture of origin: Jewish · Cultural

Holiday sources: Israel · Judaism

The Ten Days of Repentance, also called the Days of Awe, run from Rosh Hashanah on 1 Tishrei to Yom Kippur on 10 Tishrei. Tradition holds that each person's fate for the coming year is written on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on Yom Kippur, so these days are given to repentance, prayer and charity, and to asking forgiveness of people one has wronged. Extra penitential prayers are said and the liturgy changes in small ways.