Colloquialism for Jewish New Year holiday, 10 Days of Awe, Repentance and Atonement
For other uses, see High Holy Days (disambiguation).
See also: Jewish holidays
Ashkenazi-style shofar. The shofar is used during the High Holy Days.
In Judaism, the High Holy Days, also known as High Holidays or Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim; Hebrew: יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm) consist of:
strictly, the holidays of Rosh Hashanah ("Jewish New Year") and Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement");
by extension, the period of ten days including those holidays, known also as the Ten Days of Repentance (Aseret Yemei Teshuvah); or,
by a further extension, the entire 40-day penitential period in the Jewish year from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur, traditionally taken to represent the forty days Moses spent on Mount Sinai before coming down with the second ("replacement") set of the Tablets of Stone.
The services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur take on a solemn tone as befits these days. Traditional solemn tunes are used in the prayers.
In Judaism, the HighHolyDays, also known as High Holidays or Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim; Hebrew: יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm) consist of: strictly...
Kippur is one of the two components of the HighHolyDays of Judaism. It is also the last of the Ten Days of Repentance. The formal Hebrew name of the...
In the Catholic Church, holydays of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and...
driving a car, which involves burning fuel and using electricity. Jewish holydays (chaggim), celebrate landmark events in Jewish history, such as the Exodus...
recitations during the HighHolyDays, the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement (the two High Holidays, particularly in...
Hanukkah is in fact the final conclusion of God's judgment extending HighHolyDays of Rosh Hashana when humanity is judged and Yom Kippur when the judgment...
Aleppo prayer book for the HighHolyDays, published in Venice in 1527, and a second edition, starting with the HighHolyDays but covering the whole year...
tradition of keeping two days of Yom Tov in the diaspora has existed since roughly 300 BCE. The English-language term HighHolyDays or High Holidays refers to...
Jewish community, the main floor functions as a place of worship for the HighHolyDays and special occasions, and is now mainly a Jewish museum which hosts...
(Atonement); and the first and eighth days of Sukkoth (Tabernacles). "High Sabbaths" is also often a synonym of "HighHolyDays", viz., Rosh Hashanah and Yom...
Strum, Andrew (2002). "The Ancient Origins of an Obscure Egyptian Jewish HighHoly Day Custom". Historical Society of Jews From Egypt. Archived from the...
tradition, the month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the HighHolyDays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The word "Elul" is similar to the root...
Simintov announced that he would leave Afghanistan for Israel after the HighHolyDays in September, fearing a resurgence of groups such as the Taliban after...
accepted it only on the High Holidays and not of Pilgrimage Festivals. In Ashkenazi synagogues, it is also customary that on the fast days on which Exodus 32:11–14...
[maχzoˈʁim], respectively) is the prayer book which is used by Jews on the HighHolyDays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Many Jews also make use of specialized...
mature, pop rock-oriented sound. Carter co-wrote her material with HighHolyDays guitarist Dave Thompson. In late 2006, Carter founded the band The Other...
prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on fast days. The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are a central theme throughout...
Judaism. Alongside Rosh Hashanah, it is one of the two components of the HighHolyDays of Judaism. For traditional Jewish people, it is primarily centered...
Makhkame building overlooking the Temple Mount where he conducted yearly HighHolyDays services. His call for the establishment of a synagogue on the Temple...
of shouting/blasting"). It is the first of the HighHolyDays (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm, "Days of Awe"), as specified by Leviticus 23:23–25, that...
during the HighHolyDays with a white one. The term parochet is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the curtain that separated the Holy of Holies from the...
October 6 The fast is observed from dawn until dusk. As with regular fast days, the hazzan includes the prayer Aneinu in the repetition of the Amidah during...
"cast off") is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the HighHolyDays on Rosh Hashanah. In some Judaeo-Spanish-speaking communities the practice...
as referring to prayer books for the HighHolyDays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The unique prayers of these days are so extensive that they are almost...
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