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I Didn’t Fast on Yom Kippur

“I didn’t fast on Yom Kippur / But I mended my relationship with my spouse and children by being present in the moment and honest about my feelings in a positive way…”
  • by Hadasah Yaqob-Johnson
fasting, forgiveness, healing, parenting, relationships, teshuvah
clouds in a bright blue sky

To keep my name from being sealed, I will eat: A Poetic D’var for Yom Kippur

“Today, do not take your hunger for granted, and likewise, do not take your food tomorrow as a given…”
  • by Brasha Smith
eating disorders, fasting
a yellow butterfly

Initiating the Fast of Yom Kippur: The Final Cup of Water

A water ritual for beginning the fast of Yom Kippur
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden, PhD
fasting, water
White-skinned hands grasp a glass of blue water

Isaiah: An Interpretation

“We may fast for many reasons / but on this day only one matters”
  • by Sheri Lindner
fasting
man holding book sitting on log appearing to be contemplative

Yom Kippur Ritual for Smelling Fragrant Scents

New ritual tying the smelling fragrant scents to an intention to hear Isaiah’s call for justice

  • by National Council of Jewish Women
fasting, justice
A person gently holds and smells a vibrant orange flower while wearing a pink top.

The Mindfulness of Fasting

“We take for granted that we have food to eat”

  • by Suzanne Sabransky
fasting
A person sitting on a windowsill, gazing outside at a tree and houses with red roofs.

Grief and Hope: A Tisha B’Av Service

A service written for Tisha B’Av 2018 at Congregation Beth Ahabah in Richmond, VA
  • by Cantor Sarah Beck-Berman
fasting, grief, hashiveinu, mourning, tisha b'av
a few tea candles glow against a dark background

The Presence of an Absence

  • by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Esther, fasting, gun violence, guns, mass shooting
A stone with Remember engraved on it rests on a tree stump with green moss.

Erev Yom Kippur: Why do we fast?

To see what it looks like to put ourselves together again.

  • by Devon Spier
fasting
several birds fly across a darkening sky lit by a half moon

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Read & Rite

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Placement Office

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Reconstructionist Educators of North America

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