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Pour Out Your Heart Like Water: A Personal S’lichot Ritual

A private, personal S’lichot ritual

Elul, forgiveness, prayer, ritual, S’lichot, teshuvah, water

Water pouring into cupped hands, with droplets splashing and glistening in the light.

The Avodah Service

He confesses his family’s sins to whom all praise is due // He requests divine forgiveness, then declares TITHARU! // The kohanim and the people who witness what was said // Declare “Baruch Shem Kavod Malchuto L’Olam Va’ed.”

atonement, avodah, Avodah service, azazel, scapegoat, teshuvah, yom kippur

Abstract collage with woven strips of red, black, and brown paper; geometric and textured patterns throughout.

The Musaf that is Our Life

“We sing Your praises / In shimmering letters…”

creation, God, teshuvah

Gray stones with Hebrew words written in black, piled together closely in a group.

Tsom Shovavim

A guide to a renewal and reconstruction of an obscure Jewish fasting practice called ‘Tsom Shovavim.’

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…”

teshuvah

The Tides of Teshuvah

“Return is always possible.”

Elul, High Holidays, rosh hashanah, teshuvah

Everyday Teshuvah: Parshat Ki Teitzei

“Turn and stretch yourself towards your fellow creatures, /animal or human…”

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…”