Ten Days of Repentance
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Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ten Days of Repentance canonical | 8 |
| Days of Awe | 2 |
| Ten Days of Penitence | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ten Days of Repentance Context triple: [Rosh Hashanah, associatedPeriod, Ten Days of Repentance]
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A.
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
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B.
White Nights
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C.
Return to Zion
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D.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of mass arrests, executions, and political repression carried out by the Bolshevik regime and its secret police (the Cheka) during the early years of Soviet power.
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E.
Yezhovshchina
Yezhovshchina refers to the most intense phase of Stalin’s Great Purge in the late 1930s, marked by mass arrests, executions, and widespread political repression under NKVD chief Nikolai Yezhov.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ten Days of Repentance Target entity description: Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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A.
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
-
B.
White Nights
White Nights is a natural phenomenon in St. Petersburg where, around the summer solstice, the sun barely sets and the city remains bathed in twilight almost all night.
-
C.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
-
D.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of mass arrests, executions, and political repression carried out by the Bolshevik regime and its secret police (the Cheka) during the early years of Soviet power.
-
E.
Yezhovshchina
Yezhovshchina refers to the most intense phase of Stalin’s Great Purge in the late 1930s, marked by mass arrests, executions, and widespread political repression under NKVD chief Nikolai Yezhov.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious period
ⓘ
penitential season ⓘ time period in Judaism ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aseret Yemei Teshuvah
ⓘ
Ten Days of Repentance ⓘ
surface form:
Ten Days of Penitence
|
| appliesTo | Jewish individuals and communities ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
divine judgment
ⓘ
mercy ⓘ teshuvah ⓘ |
| associatedText |
Machzor
ⓘ
surface form:
Machzor (High Holiday prayer book)
Psalms ⓘ rabbinic literature on teshuvah ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| duration | 10 days ⓘ |
| emphasis |
God’s kingship
ⓘ
human accountability ⓘ judgment and mercy ⓘ |
| endsWith | Yom Kippur ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalChange |
changes in the Kaddish text in some rites
ⓘ
insertions in the Amidah ⓘ |
| liturgicalFocus |
Amidah additions
ⓘ
Avinu Malkeinu ⓘ Selichot ⓘ
surface form:
Selichot prayers
Selichot ⓘ
surface form:
Vidui (confessional prayers)
|
| moralFocus |
ethical improvement
ⓘ
self-examination ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Conservative Judaism
ⓘ
surface form:
Conservative Jews
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
Orthodox Jews
Reform Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
Reform Jews
other Jewish denominations ⓘ |
| occursInMonth | Tishrei ⓘ |
| partOf | Yamim Noraim ⓘ |
| purpose |
to improve interpersonal relationships
ⓘ
to repair one’s behavior ⓘ to return to God ⓘ to seek atonement ⓘ |
| religiousPractice |
acts of kindness
ⓘ
charity (tzedakah) ⓘ fasting on Yom Kippur ⓘ increased prayer ⓘ seeking forgiveness from other people ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| startsWith | Rosh Hashanah ⓘ |
| theme |
forgiveness
ⓘ
introspection ⓘ repentance ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ |
| theologicalContext | High Holy Days ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Ten Days of Repentance Description of subject: Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ten Days of Penitence
this entity surface form:
Days of Awe
this entity surface form:
Days of Awe