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This hour will delve into the world and meaning of the upcoming Jewish High Holy Days.

From the New Year's celebration of Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur's rituals of atonement,

a span of ten days known as Days of Ah.

My guest Sharon Browse is an energetic young rabbi and one passionate voice in a Jewish

spiritual renaissance that is taking many forms across the US.

The vast majority of her Los Angeles congregation is in their 20s and 30s.

And they, she says, are making life-giving connections between ritual, personal transformation,

and relevance in the world.

From American public media, this is speaking of faith, public radio's conversation about

religion, meaning ethics, and ideas.

Today, Days of Ah.

For observant Jews all over the world, Rosh Hashanah is more than a New Year celebration.

For some, it follows a month of ritual soul-searching.

The two days of Rosh Hashanah are a commemoration not only of a New Year, but of the creation

of the world.

And in them, the faithful stand before divine judgment of their deeds and emissions in

the year ending.

Rosh Hashanah initiates ten days of repentance and attempt to clean the slate for a New Year,

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