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Tsom Shovavim

A guide to a renewal and reconstruction of an obscure Jewish fasting practice called ‘Tsom Shovavim.’
  • by Rav Jeremy Schwartz
exodus, fasting, Shovavim, teshuvah
Glasses of tea next to a bowl of dates on a wooden table.

In An Act of Teshuvah

“I raise my voice In the song of prayer…”
  • by Tiferet Welch
teshuvah
roses in hazy summer sunlight

The Tides of Teshuvah

“Return is always possible.”
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden, PhD
Elul, High Holidays, rosh hashanah, teshuvah
a blue ocean wave

Everyday Teshuvah: Parshat Ki Teitzei

“Turn and stretch yourself towards your fellow creatures, /animal or human…”
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden, PhD
humanity, love, teshuvah
person sitting alone against a world head folded into their knees

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

From Door to Door: A Yom Kippur Prayer for the Chronically Ill

“there’s a message in my muscles but the pain is too loud for me to hear”
  • by Sybil Sanchez Kessler
chronic illness, teshuvah
A silhouette of a person holding their arms against the sky, set against a body of water and sunset over mountains

Psalm 27: Counting the 51 Days of the Season of Repentance

A meditation before and new translation of Psalm 27.
  • by Noraa Neither Kaplan
Elul, teshuvah
a pomegranate sitting in front of a prayerbook

Teshuvah/change is a real possibility!?

We can become a beriah hadasha — a new version of ourselves in this New Year.
  • by Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
audio, beriah hadasha, bikkurim, change, Elul, hasidic, teshuvah, tikkun
a sprout emerges from dirt

Alchemy of Teshuvah

“May my words be embodied. / May my life be lived as prayer.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
Shekhinah, teshuvah
woman blowing a handful of confetti into the night

Exquisite Surrender: Poem for the Days of Awe

“we wander in the wilderness of our minds / Searching for the illusive path”
  • by David Hanig
teshuvah
silhouette of woman standing before lake with dark trees in the background reflected in the lake. her arms are spread wide.
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