Topic Tags: yom kippur

This contemporary Al Het speaks to us in 5786/2025.

“What are my hollow prayers, compared to this, / this whirling, twirling, joyous atonement alive?”

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.”

A personal, reflective version of the Al Chet prayer, focusing on parenting and acceptance

“Especially on Yom Kippur — we are singing for our lives in community.”

“May my past deeds, / The best and worst of me / Bring me back to the Wholeness…”

“With kindness, hope and strength Trusting in your process / May your insights become clear / Lifting you back to Divine Wisdom…”

“A fiery serpent / reproaching me for slithering away / from atoning for my transgressions?”

“Where else, But in the love, The shalom That is HaShem, Can I find my comfort?”