High Holidays

British

plural noun

Also called: Days of Awe. Yamim Nora'im. Judaism the festivals of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the period of repentance in the first ten days of the Jewish new year

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“People can come to our High Holidays and make any amount of donation they’re able to, including nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

"Antisemitism has risen to record levels," Biden said in a call with U.S. rabbis to commemorate the Jewish High Holidays.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023

The SCN was the organizer of the recent series of nine webinars – including those on severe bleeding and “active threats” — offered ahead of this year’s High Holidays.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

At Passover time and during the Jewish High Holidays, please stimulate our thinking with essays by rabbis and Jewish scholars.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2020

There was never a time that going up there was convenient, so the only reason he’d seen Daniel at all the last few months was for the High Holidays.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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