Autobiography, Biography,
Fiction
Rituals are paradoxical in that they tend to obfuscate the concepts they are trying to convey.
This is keenly evident in the case of the High-Holy-Days where the compelling Jewish understanding of who the human being is
and the relationship with transcendence is made explicit.
The High Holy Days build up on five main concepts t:
self-examination,
sin,
guilt,
repentance and
forgiveness.