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Gates of Awe: Writing New High Holiday Liturgy

September 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

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An event every week that begins at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, repeating until September 24, 2024

$180
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Tuesdays, September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024
12-1:30 p.m. EDT
$180 for four sessions
 
During the month of Elul, unleash your creativity and get ready for the High Holidays with poet and liturgist Alden Solovy. Dive into the richness and depth of four gems from our High Holy Day Mahzor – Un’taneh Tokef (Power of the Day), Vidui (Confession), Kol Nidre (Release), and Avinu Malkeinu (Almighty and Merciful) – through reading, discussions, and writing exercises. Additionally, get a sneak peek at Alden’s upcoming book, ‘Enter These Gates: Meditations for the Days of Awe,’ and respond to these meditations with your own writing. By drawing from both ancient and modern sources, you’ll be ready to welcome the new year with your unique, original prayers.
 
All sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.
 

headshot of Alden SolovyAlden Solovy is a modern day piytan, a traveling poet/preacher/teacher who uses Torah and verse to engage and inspire. Alden embodies the intersection of scholarship and heart and his presence is sought after in Jewish spiritual spaces around the world. Alden’s work challenges the boundaries between poetry, song, meditation, personal growth, storytelling, and prayer, appearing in both song and verse. His teaching spans from HUC-JIR and the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem to Limmud and Leo Baeck College in the UK, as well as synagogues throughout North America. Alden’s fifth volume of Torah and t’fillah inspired poetry, Enter These Gates: Meditations for the Days of Awe, is forthcoming this summer. His other CCAR Press volumes are: These Words: Poetic Midrash on the Language of Torah (2023), This Grateful Heart: Psalms and Prayers for a New Day (2017), This Joyous Soul: A New Voice for Ancient Yearnings (2019), and This Precious Life: Encountering the Divine with Poetry and Prayer (2021). Alden made Aliyah to Jerusalem in 2012, where he is Liturgist in Residence at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Find more of his work at www.tobendlight.com.

 

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Date:
September 24
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
EDT
Cost:
$180
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Organizer

Alden Solovy

Venue

Zoom

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