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 Rosh Hashanah seder to mark each year of the shmita cycle

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A reminder to place yourselves on the path of holiness, joy, and truth

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A prayer and poem asking to return us to ourselves and our source

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Combines the ritual of tashlikh with the words and sentiments of U’netaneh Tokef and Al Het in a series of experiential activities to recognize and let go of our sins

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Recognizing that those who are aged, infirm, or diagnosed with serious illness may have a different relationship to the Unetaneh Tokef prayer

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Deepening the experience of saying Yizkor with a physical reminder of departed loved ones

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A meditation on the purity of our souls and the search to be at-one with our truest selves

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A mikveh ceremony with kavannot and chants intended to greet Yom Kippur “in friendship with an undefended heart”

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A ritual to help begin the transformation of a bad habit to something that is healthy and life-affirming

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A Yom Kippur prayer for those suffering from drought and food shortages in the Horn of Africa

A tree and sunset in Maasai Mara in Kenya

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