Shabbat Shuvah

Shabbat Shuvah (Hebrew: "Shabbat of Return") or Shabbat Teshuvah (Hebrew: Sabbath of Repentance") refers to the Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance, but is between (i.e. not including) the two consecutive days of Rosh Hashanah, and the day of Yom Kippur. The name Shabbat Shuvah comes from the first word of the Haftarah that is read on that day. The main Haftarah consists of Hosea 14:2-10 and this is all that is read in Yemenite communities. Other communities add Joel 2:11-27 and/or Micah 7:18-20, and it literally means: "Return!" It is alternately known as Shabbat Shuvah owing to its being one of the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah (Hebrew: "Ten Days of Repentance").
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