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.
An addition to the Eyleh Ezkerah martyrology section of the Yom Kippur service, this is a short biography of a learned and accomplished medieval Jewish woman who was murdered during the Crusades
The masculine hierarchical God-language so prevalent in High Holiday liturgy can be painful and distancing. This article offers suggestions to restore the empowering potential of the High Holidays for those who have felt diminished, uninterested, and/or angered by traditional High Holiday prayer.
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
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