Diaspora Blessing for Multiple New Years
“Blessed are you for bending time”
Blessing and Welcoming Virtual Congregants in Our Sanctuary
“We welcome those who join us virtually on these days”
Mourner’s Kaddish for Those Lost to Addiction
“Blessed are those who couldn’t take the pain of living anymore”
An Interpretive Jeremiah 31 for Second Day of Rosh Hashanah
“Why make my descendants suffer like that?”
The Queen Is in the Field
“My dear, there are no keys to the palace”
Planting Seeds of the New Year
“May the seeds of this year / Be planted”
Pre-High Holy Days Immersion Ceremony
“Forgive me and help me to forgive myself and others”
God Remembers – Do We?
An introduction to the Zikhronot section of the Rosh HashanahThe Jewish New Year, also considered the Day of Judgment. The period of the High Holidays is a time of introspection and atonement. The holiday is celebrated with the sounding of the shofar, lengthy prayers in synagogue, the eating of apples and honey, and round challah for a sweet and whole year. Tashlikh, casting bread on the water to symbolize the washing away of sins, also takes place on Rosh Hashana. liturgy
At the Water’s Edge: A Tashlikh Prayer
“May you be as a baby yet unborn, / floating in Mother Ocean”
The Power Is in Our Hands: A Fire-and-Water Tashlikh Ritual
“I propose that we add an element to the traditional tashlikh ceremony, symbolizing our power: fire.”
