Days of Awe

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Days of Awe are the ten-day period of intense reflection, repentance, and prayer in the Jewish calendar between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Days of Awe canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew calendar observance ⓘ
Jewish religious period ⓘ
Ten Days of Repentance ⓘ
associatedConcept Book of Life ⓘ
linked to: the Book of Life

divine judgment ⓘ
teshuvah ⓘ
associatedRitual Tashlich ⓘ
confessional prayers (Vidui) ⓘ
fasting on Yom Kippur ⓘ
beginsWith Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
centralTheme forgiveness ⓘ
introspection ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
considered most solemn period of Jewish year ⓘ
durationInDays 10 ⓘ
endsWith Yom Kippur ⓘ
ethicalPractice charity ⓘ
seeking forgiveness from other people ⓘ
self-examination ⓘ
etymology translation of Hebrew phrase Yamim Noraim ⓘ
follows Elul ⓘ
halakhicEmphasis improving mitzvah observance ⓘ
repairing interpersonal wrongs ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ⓘ
Ten Days of Repentance ⓘ
hasHebrewName Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ⓘ
includesDay Erev Yom Kippur ⓘ
Fast of Gedaliah ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah day 1 ⓘ
linked to: Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah day 2 ⓘ
Shabbat Shuvah ⓘ
Yom Kippur ⓘ
intermediate weekdays of repentance ⓘ
languageOfTerm English ⓘ
liturgicalPractice blowing of the shofar ⓘ
increased prayer ⓘ
recitation of Selichot ⓘ
liturgicalTextEmphasis Machzor ⓘ
observedBy Jews ⓘ
occursInCalendar Hebrew calendar ⓘ
occursInMonth Tishrei ⓘ
partOf Jewish High Holy Days ⓘ
linked to: High Holy Days
precedes Sukkot ⓘ
purpose securing a favorable decree for the coming year ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
timeFrame from 1 Tishrei through 10 Tishrei ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sefer HaMavet → liturgicalContext → Days of Awe ⓘ
S. Y. Agnon → notableWork → Days of Awe ⓘ