Rosh Hashanah ushers in the Ten Penitential days which continue until Yom Kippur. This is the holiest day of the year. It begins in the evening of the ninth day of Tishrei with the Kol Nidrei service. This prayer composed before the ninth century asks for release of vows or promises made to GOD that cannot be kept. On this day we abstain from food and drink.
Some men wear white garments as a symbol of purity.
It is also customary to light candles in memory of departed relatives. Next year in Jerusalem' terminate the fast. On the 15th day of Tishrei, five days after Yom Kippur we celebrate the Pilgrim Festival, Succoth. The biblical regulations concerning the holiday mention the injunction to live in the Succah. The seventh day of the festival is called Hoshana Rabba.