Days of Awe

: the 10-day period of the Jewish high holidays including Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Word History

Etymology

translation of Hebrew yāmīm nōrā'īm, literally, fearful days

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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