High Holiday Resources for 5781

The 5781 High Holiday season is different than all those that came before. Confronted with a global pandemic, we cannot gather to worship and celebrate together in person. We are reimagining what communal prayer will look like, while also taking advantage of the potential for solitude that can offer space for the deep introspection of preparing spiritually for the New Year. We are mourning losses, praying for health and safety, while finding creative opportunities to think differently about the powerful rituals of this time of year. We have gathered new resources to inspire you for this transformative time of year. May you be blessed with good health and a sweet year, and may you be written in the Book of Life.

Latest Rituals

“I am forgiven because I dance”

Teshuvah

“He inhaled, then in motion / began slowly, chanting”

Here I Am

Good Yuntif, dear kitchen table”

Shanah Tovah, Dear Couch: A Meditation on our Homes as Holy Space

“Avinu Malkeinu, open our hearts”

Avinu Malkeinu for This Time

Tashlikh ritual to be performed in the bathroom or using bowl of water

At-Home Tashlikh Ritual

Instructions for taking stock of our lives at the beginning of the New Year

Practice Instructions for Spiritual Accounting

“This year / I see you from a distance …”

Rosh Hashanah Greeting

A Rosh Hashanah seder for times of pandemic

Kabbalat Hashanah Seder

Seder featuring symbolic foods for the New Year

a honey dish and cut apple

“Death is my teacher”

Every Day a Little Death

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