Yom Kippur Is New Year

When is yom kippur 2020.
Yom kippur is new year. Yom kippur or the day of atonement begins sunday september 27 2020. Note that the jewish calendar is different than today s civil calendar the gregorian calendar. It falls on the tenth day of the seventh month fasting begins before sunset and ends after sunset the next day.
It is considered the holiest and most solemn day of the hebrew calendar. Yom kippur falls each year on the 10th day of the jewish month of tishrei which is 9 days after the first day of rosh hashanah. On this day it is believed that god finalizes judgment of all people for the coming year inscribing them in either the book of life or the book of death.
The prayer service begins with the kol nidre prayer which is read until sunset. Yom kippur is held on the 10th day of tishrei ten days after the start of rosh hashanah the jewish new year. How is it typically celebrated.