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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.

Latest Rituals

“How do you steer this thing? / Which end is helm and which is the stern?”
small yellow boat floating on water
A poem of admiration for pomegranates
bowl of pomegranates
“We are at the beginning / Of new cycles / In a world that is ours / Transcending time and space.”
two people holding fire poi
The sacrificial goat shares a nuanced view of this Yom Kippur tradition.
goat on mountain ledge
“But beat gentle, sinners and you, / you few righteous ones.”
man's fist on his chest
A poem for the midnight service of selikhot
full moon over dark landscape
person with long hair facing away with black and rainbow kippah blowing shofar
“May my words be embodied. / May my life be lived as prayer.”
woman blowing a handful of confetti into the night
Selikhot ritual connected to the four directions
woman with long straight brown hair shown from behind looking toward body of water and shore of wheat and sky of clouds in pink and yellow and grayish.
“This is the yahrzeit of the Life we lived before”
young man in black t-shirt and pants shown from behind standing at curtained window, parting the curtain and looking outside. Curtain is a gauzy white and there is a black area to the right, creating a stark white and black effect to the scene.

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