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High Holidays

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The High Holidays, which comprise Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are the holiest dates on the Jewish calendar. A time to take stock of our live, seek forgiveness, and start fresh, this season invites us to reflect on what matters most to us and to return to our deepest selves.

Latest Rituals

A prayer for the new month
raindrops on red branches and a brown leaf
A vidui composed to remember the lives of innocent children, killed in war.
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Rabbi Lisa S. Greene’s Vidui captures the struggles of 2024.
two people sitting on a bench
“As the gates close / May I remember / To move forward…”
the sky through a circular window in a wall
“We come from the Ayn Sof as broken shards of creation…”
a picture of the cosmos, a swirling round planet
“This is the year the answers can’t be simple, won’t come / quickly.”
a sculpture of people praying at the Kotel
starry sky over desert and mountains
“In this new year, let us bring our potential to bear.”
a wooden chair
This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.
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An alternative kind of Tachlikh, focusing on composting and transformation.
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