Days of Awe

British  

plural noun

1. Judaism another name for High Holidays

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Etymology

Origin of Days of Awe

a literal translation of _{Yamim Nora'im}

Example Sentences

These ten days are known as the Days of Awe.

From Salon

“Surrounding the ‘The Day of Return’ on Sept. 26 at the Washington Mall will be 10 days, known from ancient times as the Days of Awe, to be set as a special time of prayer and repentance from Sept. 18-28.”

From Washington Times

Beginning on Friday, the three-week period known as the Days of Awe is the central feature of the Jewish religious year, but many of its traditions will be impossible this year.

From BBC

Sunday night begins Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish calendar and an intense 10-day sacred period called the High Holy Days, or “Yamim Noraim,” or Days of Awe.

From Washington Post

In the 12 wide-ranging stories of her latest collection, “Days of Awe,” A. M. Homes skillfully circles and tugs at the question of what it means to live in flawed, fragile, hungry human bodies.

From New York Times