Nechama Leibowitz often related how as a young girl she had once brought her father his slippers, informing him, "I'm trying to be a good girl during the עשרת ימי תשובה between the ראש השנה and יום כיפור."
Her father replied, "Nechama, that's great but I'd much rather you were good in the days between יום כיפור and the ראש השנה!"
