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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“…help us have mercy on ourselves; and renew our lives so that we may build on the work we have begun.”
a red poemgranate with green leaves
“May my past deeds, / The best and worst of me / Bring me back to the Wholeness…”
an arch in a beautiful synagogue
“With kindness, hope and strength Trusting in your process / May your insights become clear / Lifting you back to Divine Wisdom…”
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“A fiery serpent / reproaching me for slithering away / from atoning for my transgressions?”
a brown and white copperhead snake set against brown rocks
“Let breath be the bridge from despair to hope…”
a pomegrantate in front of a brown shofar
“We peer from the edge, these days of fear…”
a yellow circle with colored paint around it, inside of the circle are clouds
“Where else, But in the love, The shalom That is HaShem, Can I find my comfort?”
a woman looking into the sunset
A beautiful reflection on childhood, memory and the new year.
small pebbles at the edge of a creek
“Today, mirroring the primordial, cosmic Creation Moment, we renew this connection; / we renew and refresh ourselves with teshuvah…”
roses in hazy summer sunlight
“We are kernels of possibility Vessels of tart-sweet juice…”
a pomegranate sits on a table, the sun shines on it

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