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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“Together we will recite / the only prayer this New Year; / the prayer home.”
Several bees are flying near the entrance of a beehive, with a blurred green background.
“What else can we do/Expect hold to the promise / That we will be met / Beyond the gates, / In the field, / By love?”
a golden field, dotted with green plants. Small hills and blue skies lie beyond the field
“Return is always possible.”
a blue ocean wave
“…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…”
Person in a white shirt holding their chest with both hands outdoors at sunset, suggesting chest pain.
“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

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