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.
I smashed my father’s statues and stood alone in the fragmenting dark
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When the last note is sounded, will we forget the memory of the blast and go back to ourselves?
“When I feel most broken / pulled apart / when every door unhinged / is opened / but feels closed”
When our hearts ache, may we ascend like the letters of the Torah
Praise that comes after pain
How water shapes and impacts our repentance process
We are all together walking home, on the road of teshuva
Are we bound to the same grave fate?
A full ritual to help you practice atonement and cleansing going into Yom Kippur
Intentions, blessings, and poems to read upon immersing in the mikveh before Rosh Hashanah
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