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Rosh Hashanah ’24

“Together we will recite / the only prayer this New Year; / the prayer home.”
  • by Talya Jankovits
Israel, Oct 7, rosh hashanah, shofar
several yellow and black bees swarm to a hive

Vidui Zuta, Vidui Rabbah

“May my past deeds, / The best and worst of me / Bring me back to the Wholeness…”
  • by Todd
High Holidays, rosh hashanah, shofar, yom kippur
an arch in a beautiful synagogue

Unetaneh Tokef

“With kindness, hope and strength Trusting in your process / May your insights become clear / Lifting you back to Divine Wisdom…”
  • by Todd
God, rosh hashanah, shofar, yom kippur
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Tekiah

“Let breath be the bridge from despair to hope…”
  • by Sybil Sanchez Kessler
faith, intentions, new year, shofar
a pomegrantate in front of a brown shofar

Shofar

“Birth canal of sound / Twisting and spiraling through time and space…”
  • by ahavalilith
shofar
a shofar with jars of honey and apples

The Silver Trumpets Call*

“Listen for the Silver Trumpet’s high notes…”
  • by Todd
desert, shofar, tabernacle
person shown far away in silhouette against a sky in which the sun has set and the sky is blue yellow and orange

Yevava: The Cries of the Mothers

“The cries that carry / from one end  of the earth / to the other.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
Israel, shofar, women
tree in the sinai desert

Inscribing Ourselves With Ink Itself

Before beginning a writing project or before repairing a scroll, I speak out my verbal intention. But then I often stay still for an extra moment.
  • by Rabbi Bec Richman
audio, change, Elul, growth, shofar, writing
a scroll with Hebrew letters, part of Megillat Esther, with a quill and bottle of ink.

Called to Respond: the Magic of the Shofar

An Elul 5783 teaching by Rabbi Janet Madden
  • by Rabbi Dr. Janet Madden
audio, breath, Elul, reflection, shofar, wholeness, writing
person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar

The Shofar

“The silent air before it is blown into sound inside the horn of a beast…”
  • by Rabbi David Zaslow
rosh hashanah, shofar
person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar

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Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

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