Topic Tags: teshuvah

“we can rise above the instincts that divide us / and discover the holiness that binds us together.”

“Elul is a bridge crossed in the fullness of summer, a path we begin to clear toward our imagined future.”

“If we open onto teshuvah / We might push through the gate of compassion…”

A private, personal S’lichot ritual

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.”

“We sing Your praises / In shimmering letters…”

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

“I raise my voice In the song of prayer…”

“Return is always possible.”

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