asking for their forgiveness, repenting for their sins and seeking out closeness with God. These days usually fall in September and/or early October.

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The term "Ten Days of Repentance" appears in such early sources as the Jerusalem Talmud, the Pesikta Rabbati, and the writings of the Geonim, and has been the predominant title since the period of the Rishonim. The Babylonian Talmud