“G’mar chatima tova” is the Hebrew greeting on Yom Kippur. It means “May you be sealed in the Book of Life.”
The Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, begins the ten Days of Awe that lead up to Yom Kippur, which is today. Yom Kippur is the Highest of the Holy Days, the Day of Atonement, when we pray for God’s blessing for another year of life.
But it’s signi…