Yom Kippur 2024 Day Holiday. Rosh hashanah is the jewish new year, a joyful, awesome day that celebrates the meaning of existence. Yom kippur, literally “the day of atonement,” is the holiest day on the jewish calendar and is celebrated in israel and throughout the jewish.

During the yom kippur holiday, in israel the. 11 and ends at sundown on saturday, oct.