Joel Rosenberg’s All Israel News

During this time, religious Jews believe that God has the Books of Fate open and is assessing each person, to decide whether to write their name into the Book of Life or the Book of Death. Those books are closed on Yom Kippur, according to tradition, so the Ten Days of Awe, also known as the Days of Repentance, are viewed as the last chance to make things right with God and people.