yamim noraim

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Pronunciations

yamim noraim (ya-MEEM no-ra-EEM) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "The Yamim Noraim are in October this year."

  • "Today I want to buy the children clothes for the Yamim Noraim." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • ימים נוראים, lit. 'terrible days; Days of Awe, High Holidays'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      yomim noraim, yamim norim

Notes

  • The Yamim Noraim/High Holy Days usually refers to the holidays of Rosh Hashanah ("Jewish New Year") and Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"), but can refers to the entire season associated with them. Non-religious Jews are more likely to say "High Holy Days".

    See also Days of Awe and High Holy Days.

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