The ten days of repentance

As the ten days of repentance ( Hebrew עשרת ימי תשובה Assereth Jemej Teschuwa ) or the ten aweful days or Jamim Noraim (dt .: awe-inspiring days ) are the days from the Jewish New Year's festival Rosh Hashanah to the day of atonement Yom Kippur , the first ten days of the Jewish month Tishri .

According to Jewish tradition, all creatures are addressed to Rosh Hashanah since the first Tishri was the sixth day of creation when Adam and Eve were created, sinned, and were condemned and pardoned. The divine judgment is “inscribed” on Rosh Hashanah and “weighed” and “sealed” on Yom Kippur, the day of repentance. Those who did not fully attain Teshuvah (repentance) before Rosh Hashanah and therefore received a bad judgment on Rosh Hashanah can turn this into a good judgment in the ten days through complete repentance and repentance. The greeting to Yom Kippur is therefore in Hebrew גמר חתימה טובה gmar chatima tova , German 'may your enrollment (in the book of life ) be completed well' .

Repentance can be done through early morning prayers called slichot , fasting, charity, or self-reflection.

Web links

Commons : The Ten Days of Repentance  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Yom Kippur (Day of Repentance, Day of Atonement). In: religion-online.info - information platform religion. Religious Studies Media and Information Service e. V. REMID, accessed April 27, 2018 . 
• The Jewish festivals throughout the year. In: juefo.com. Jewish Information Center - Zurich, accessed April 27, 2018 . 
• Rabbi Elischa Portnoy: Jamim Noarim - the high holidays of the year. In: Jüdische Rundschau . JBO Jewish Berlin Online GmbH, October 7, 2016, accessed on April 27, 2018 (from 5th Tishri 5777). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 395 (414 pp.).