High Holy Day

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High Holy Day

n. Judaism

1. Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur. Also called High Holiday.

2. High Holy Days The period from Rosh Hashanah until the end of Yom Kippur, often spent in penitent self-examination.

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High Holy Day - Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity

High Holiday

Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashona, Rosh Hashonah - (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar

Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews

Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur - (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law

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Sternberg has been elated when members of the congregation, some with tears in their eyes, profusely thank him after a High Holy Day or Shabbat service.

PURIM SHPIEL KICKS OFF TIME TO EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Knowledgeably compiled and expertly edited by Rabbi Elkins, "Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information And Contemplation" is a collection of selections that are specifically designed to renew the meaning of the High Holy Day themes of sin, repentance, personal and social change, societal justice, forgiveness, spiritual grow, living with joy and hope, commitment to high ideals, and more.

Rosh Hashanah Readings by Internet Bookwatch

The shofar is the ram's horn of Jewish liturgy, used during the High Holy Day period to evoke the breakdown of the soul's defenses against a consciousness of sin and its ultimate return to God.

Shofar: an oratorio for soprano, tenor, two bass-baritones, chorus ... by Stern, Robert / Cross Currents

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