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Days of Awe

British  

plural noun

  1. Judaism another name for High Holidays

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Days of Awe

a literal translation of Yamim Nora'im

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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 Abraham Cahan

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