Sounding the Shofar in a Post-Roe World

“Pay attention. This is not a test.”
Blessings for Spending the Holidays Apart from Community

Acknowledging the loneliness of being unable to pray in community
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 Hashanah liturgy