Days of Awe
Pronunciations
| Days of Awe | (days uhv AW) | listen |
Definitions
n. The ten-day period starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur.
Example Sentences
"What does it mean to you during the days of awe that asking forgiveness is not enough without action?" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- English
Etymology
ימים נוראים 'lit. awe-inspiring days'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
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Notes
See also yamim noraim and High Holy Days.
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