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 • Aug. 31, 2021

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 • Sep. 28, 2019

Now she's returned to the form with "Days of Awe," a memorable assortment of new tales about family, love, death, and an unqualified man who somehow stumbles into becoming a populist political candidate.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2018

As the ram's horn sounded to end the Days of Awe, Sanders was taking a taxi toward Union Station.

From US News • Feb. 26, 2016

During the Days of Awe, the solemn festivals of autumn, he sang in a synagogue choir; so he never ceased asserting his musical talents.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham