Talk:Ten Days of Repentance

Days of repentance, days of awe[edit]

The article on High Holy Days says "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." I find a lot of sources use the phrase "days of awe" for the 10 days, i.e. the second usage. In fact, as a non-Jew I would say almost every source I read uses the phrase this way. I am wondering if a) my observation is generally shared and b) some mention should be made in this article. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 23:09, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In my personal experience the term "days of awe" (Heb. ימים נוראים) is more often used when referring to just the Holy Days themselves (i.e., Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur) rather than to the entire ten day period. On those three prayer days we are supposed to envision ourselves as standing before the Heavenly Court, with RH as the day of the trial and YK as the day of sentencing. --Eliyahu S ^Talk 21:50, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]