Days of Awe

Days of Awe (Source)

One Jewish tradition that speaks to me strongly is the tradition of the "Days of Awe" just before the Jewish New Year. For one thing, it has a really cool name. Days of Awe. It kinda makes you stop.

Second, it has a lot of symbolism, but for this I need to explain a little background:
Yom Kippur is the "Day of Atonement". Ten days before Yom Kippur is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
According to Jewish tradition, it is during the Days of Awe (The ten days between Rosh Hashanah) that God finalizes each person's fate in the next year. He inscribes these decisions in a book on Rosh Hashanah, but they can be changed until the end of Yom Kippur, when the books are sealed.