Yom Kippur Sept 17-18

Starts with Kol Nidre and ends with the loud blast of the shofar.  Yom Kippur marks the day to reflect, to redeem and to start over.

A good link about Kol Nidre - one of the oldest traditions linking back to medueval times it is a declaration that should be explored.  It is chanted before sunset just before the begining of the Yom Kippur services.  The most popular melody that effects so many people and is for some the main 'draw' of the ere of the holiday is by  Max Bruch, a German composer who was not Jewish!