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Universal ethical truths are at the core of Jewish High Holy Days
My most vivid adolescent memories of the Jewish High Holy Days are the painful rumbling of my empty stomach as I fasted on Yom Kippur, and the sharp blasts of the shofar – the ram’s horn – sounding from the synagogue pulpit.
I was one of millions of Jews the world over who observe “Yamim Nora’im.”
- Ronald W. Pies
- The Conversation
That’s Hebrew for “Days of Awe” or “High Holy Days.”
This 10-day period begins with the …