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 new version of the traditional prayer using some feminine and non-gendered terms

A meditation walk that one can do to prepare to do teshuvah (repentance)

Reinterpretation of the idea of casting away sins during Rosh Hashanah

Try tashlikh for Rosh Hashanah: a healing ritual to cast off burdens

Takes listeners through the Jewish year and explores their feelings at each season

A humorous list of different types of bread to use for different sins for tashlikh

Feminine aspects of some foods and rituals associated with Rosh Hashanah

Excerpts from a poem which addresses the feminine aspects of God and the merits of biblical women

A women’s tradition, followed largely in the Sephardic community, that provides a tasty counterpoint to the traditional male liturgy of the High Holidays. It also provides an opportunity for celebrating Jewish women’s relationship to food as a historic source of creativity and spirituality.

Sephardic recipes for Rosh Hashanah and blessings for special foods for the holiday

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