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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A tashlikh poem that expresses our desire to begin anew, while our regrets and sorrow are washed away

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In this video, learn the fundamentals of how to blow the shofar from Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D.

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A unique tashlikh ritual, casting away junk food instead of bread

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Learn to chant the high holiday liturgy

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A memorial service for the prophet Jonah

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Just as God hear the prayers of our matriarchs, so too may God hear our prayers

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A poem of release and acceptance

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A prayer to be said when a parent feels tried by the job of parenting

Child in a red coat holds an adults hand while walking on a sunlit street.

A Yom Kippur prayer that mourns those lost in the Holocaust

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A variety of candle lighting blessings, traditional and modern, for holidays

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