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High Holy Day

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noun

Judaism.
  1. either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.


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When I closed my eyes, it was hard to know if I was at a High Holy Day service or an Ani DiFranco concert.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023

Tickets for High Holy Day services — encompassing Judaism’s fall festival season — in the District of Columbia hovered at around $200, according to listings on the Eventbrite online ticketing service.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2022

“She survived her first High Holy Day season with me,” said Ms. Schafer, who wowed Ms. Woods with her rendition of Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2021

In 1996, Gates of Repentance, the High Holy Day prayer book of Reform Judaism, was published, calling God "sovereign" instead of "king", and "source" or "parent" instead of father.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2015

The day after tomorrow she would join in the general exultation of High Holy Day, with Eric well forgotten.

From The Junkmakers by Teichner, Albert