Late September is a significant time in Judaism–the High Holy Days, aka the Days of Awe.
THE DAYS OF AWE are not necessarily Awesome Days, however. Rosh Hashanah is a celebration ushering in the year 5782 (what, the Eighties are back? Now that’s awesome!). But Yom Kippur–the Day of Atonement–is one day of collective penance by a people that can be likened to the 40 days of Lent in Christianity and the 30-day month of Ramadan in Islam.
Recommended (but never required) supplementary reading:
Read more about the High Holy Days in this brief piece from Chabad: HIGH HOLY DAYS
(Links to an external site.)
I also posted in the Resources section a good essay about Covid affect on observing the High Holy Days.
Below is an advertisement I received in my Clarkson e-mail from Bruegger’s Bagels. It was encouraging to see the High Holy Days actually named as the reason to order a platter of traditional Jewish foods, with bagels front and center, of course. (Conversely, I have never seen Lent named in commercials when fish sandwiches are suddenly and heavily advertised in February and March.)
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