In Judaism, the Ten Days of Repentance (עֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה, ʿǍseret yəmēy təšūvā) are the first ten days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, beginning...
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Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"); by extension, the period of ten days including those holidays, known also as the Ten Days of Repentance (עשרת ימי תשובה);...
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Jewish holidays (redirect from Hebrew holy days)
Hebrew analogue, "Days of Awe" (Hebrew: ימים נוראים), is more flexible: it can refer just to those holidays, or to the Ten Days of Repentance, or the entire...
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Amidah (category Siddurim of Orthodox Judaism)
the separation from the holy day has been established. During the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, additional lines are inserted...
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Yom Kippur (redirect from Feast of Atonement)
holiday of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur is one of the two components of the High Holy Days of Judaism. It is also the last of the Ten Days of Repentance. The...
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repentance during the period from the beginning of the month of Elul through the Ten Days of Repentance (including Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur), and,...
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Amram ibn Salameh (category Year of death unknown)
consist of hymns for the Ten Days of Repentance, for both the morning and the evening services, as well as liturgic poems for the seven days of Sukkot...
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Selichot (category Ten Days of Repentance)
for ten days during the season of repentance, and four days before Rosh Hashanah were added to compensate for the four of the Ten Days of Repentance on...
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Avinu Malkeinu (category High Holy Days)
King") is a Jewish prayer recited during Jewish services during the Ten Days of Repentance, from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur inclusive. Since the 17th...
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Elul (category Months of the Hebrew calendar)
verse in the Song of Songs: Ani LeDodi VeDodi Li (Chapter 6, verse 3A). In Jewish tradition, the month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for...
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it is during the Ten Days of Repentance the additions reference the new year. A Torah scroll is taken from the ark and the passages of Ki Tissa are read...
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being considered a good quality, since through punishment man is moved to repentance, after which he is pardoned and pure. Others term ve-nakeh lo yenakeh...
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Atonement in Judaism (section Repentance)
reconciliation with God and release from punishment. The main method of atonement is via repentance. Other means (e.g. Temple sacrifices, judicial punishments,...
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Torah ark (redirect from Ark of the Law)
in many communities), to stand and face the ark, on fasting days, the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (also called the High Holidays)...
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Ta'anit (redirect from Jewish fast days)
still follow the older practice of reciting it only during the Ten Days of Repentance. Aneinu is by the Chazzan as its own blessing during the Shacharit...
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Species" of Leviticus 23:40). They are essentially prayers for rain. Litanies are also recited during the Ten Days of Repentance. The most famous of these...
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Pas Yisroel (category Ten Days of Repentance)
(Hebrew: פת ישראל, lit. 'Bread of an Israelite') products are grain-products that were cooked or baked with the participation of an observant Jew. While any...
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Shofar blowing (category Ten Days of Repentance)
emotional outburst and wailing of the Teru’ah. The most effective form of repentance, however, utilizes the strengths of both faculties, the emotions and...
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by the Chazzan. Avinu Malkeinu (on Ten Days of Repentance only, and in some communities also on public fast days; omitted on occasions when Tachanun...
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Jewish prayer (section The number of prayers per day)
recitation of Havdalah at home. The services for the Days of Awe, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, take on a solemn tone as befits these days. Traditional...
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Gedaliah (category Ten Days of Repentance)
welcomed by him. Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, murdered Gedaliah, together with most of the Jews who had joined him and...
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Yechidut (private audience) in the conduct of the Tzadik. Teshuvah, often translated into English as "Repentance", literally means "Return" to God in Judaism...
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41:7), possibly for the destruction of the Temple. All but ten of them are slaughtered and thrown into a cistern, the ten being spared because they have access...
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Tashlikh (section Origin of the custom)
Shelah (214b), he writes: Fish illustrate man's plight, and arouse him to repentance: "As the fishes that are taken in an evil net" (Ecclesiastes 9:12); Fish...
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"master of repentance". In Israel, chozer b'teshuvah (חוזר בתשובה; plural: chozrim b’teshuvah), meaning "returning to return" or "returning to repentance" is...
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Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (redirect from Moses of Cordova)
Cordovero's Meditations for the Ten Days of Repentance The Ramak Jewish Encyclopedia article "The Unity of God" - from The Garden of Pomegranates Video Lecture...
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De'ah Ch. 249, translated by sefaria.org Special acts of tzedakah are performed on significant days: At weddings, Jewish brides and bridegrooms would traditionally...
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is Jeshua. Repentance from sin and faith in Christ for salvation is the point of the entire Bible. They do reflect the eternal character of God, and serve...
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Shemini Atzeret (redirect from Eighth Day of the Feast)
Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the week between them are known as the Ten Days of Repentance.) Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah then culminate...
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Special Shabbat (section Shabbat Shekalim – of Shekels)
Teshuvah ("Sabbath [of] Return" שבת שובה or "Sabbath [of] Repentance" שבת תשובה) is the Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance, but is between...
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