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Courtesy of Rick Coencas
Mel Weisblatt, left, and Rebecca Kaminsky, right, will blow the shofar, a ram's horn, for Congregation Emeth's High Holy Day services. Rabbi Debbie Israel, center, spiritual leader of Congregation Emeth, is holding the sacred Torah that contains the writings of the five books of Moses. The three are wearing headcoverings, called kippots in Hebrew or yarmulkes in Yiddish, as well as the tallit, the ritual prayer shawl. |
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Ancient calendar locates High Holy Days
By Chuck Flagg
Aug 25, 2010
Sept. 8 will mark the beginning of a 10-day period so sacred in Judaism that it is known in English as "Days of Awe" or "High Holy Days."
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