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.

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Seder featuring symbolic foods for the New Year

a honey dish and cut apple

“Death is my teacher”

full moon over dark landscape

On this Rosh Hashanah we crave connection

a person in a white collared shirt wearing a kippah and glasses blows a traditional shofar, next to a child in a white floral dress blowing a multicolor crafted shofar, and they are looking at each other
Love has arrived! Elul, has begun.
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Questions to reflect on for the new year

A person in an orange checked shirt wearing a ring writes in a red journal

Walking in a labyrinth as spiritual preparation for the High Holidays

a person is seated in the middle of a labyrinth surrounded by trees

“to say the Name and live another day”

A person wearing a kittel and a white tallit and clasping the tallit at their chest

Tashlikh ceremony using bird seed instead of bread crumbs to protect wildlife

A bird with outstretched wings glides along the surface of the water

“Who shall die while begging for their life, their breath”

Person with braided hair in a bun, wearing glasses and a white shawl, seen from behind in a crowd.

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