NEILAH SERVICE

The rabbis teach that Yom Kippur is the climax of the Ten Days of Repentance (High Holy Days).

Even so, the rabbis teach that the Neilah service is the climax of Yom Kippur. The heavenly judgment inscribed on Rosh HaShanah is sealed during Neilah (ArtScroll Mesorah: Yom Kippur Ashkenaz Machzor Page 706).

Neilah is known as the time of the closing of the gates of heaven.