Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the Jewish faith asking God to forgive their sins. The holiday concludes the Days of Awe, 10 days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur comes at the end of the Jewish High Holy Days, 10 days after Rosh Hashanah. Here's what to know about the Jewish Day of Atonement.

Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar and it's also a somber holiday, so you shouldn't tell someone "Happy Yom Kippur."

The streets of Gaza were mostly empty Thursday morning as the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, was observed and the world waited for Hamas' response to a potential peace plan. NewsNation's Robert Sherman is live from Tel Aviv with the latest on "Morning in America.

As dusk settled over the Shaker Lakes Nature Center on Wednesday evening, the quiet of the surrounding woods framed a gathering inside the center’s main building, where one of Judaism’s most solemn observances — Kol Nidre — marked the start of Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur begins at sundown Wednesday, with observant Jews fasting and seeking forgiveness for their sins, with law enforcement being on their customary heightened alert against possible threats to the Jewish community.

The holiday - which translates from Hebrew as "Day of Atonement" - is scheduled to run from sundown on Wednesday until nightfall on Thursday. Yom Kippur marks the end of the High Holy Days, a 10-day stretch that opens each year on the Hebrew calendar with a period of personal and communal reflection, and began with Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 22.

Wednesday night was a major night for those of the Jewish faith: It’s the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest 24 hours of the Jewish year. It’s the Day of Atonement — a time when Jews reflect on sins or wrongdoing from the previous year.