High Holidays

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

The Pandemic Yizkor

“This is the yahrzeit of the Life we lived before”

pandemic, yahrzeit, yizkor

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.

Placing My Hand On My Heart

“A loving reminder / To hold myself with compassion”

compassion, heart

close up of person's hands on their chest outdoors in sunlight

Prayer for a New Year

“This year may I drink myself full”

creation, New Year's, renewal

woman with light olive skin and short dark hair in black tank top with colorful pattern smiling, eyes closed, in a field of tall flowers, with yellow petals raining down

Exquisite Surrender: Poem for the Days of Awe

“we wander in the wilderness of our minds / Searching for the illusive path”

silhouette of woman standing before lake with dark trees in the background reflected in the lake. her arms are spread wide.

The Four Yizkors: Grief and Memory Hold Hands

“Grief and memory hold hands / as, broken-hearted, we find our way through the Jewish year”

grief, memory, yizkor

sign in hebrew that reads "yizkor" memorial - black letters on white stone

Avinu Malkeinu: Shabbat Shuvah 5783

“Clear the channel; become hollow / as a bone”

sun in the sky shown from the perspective of looking straight up - sky is framed by tops of trees with green leaves and yellow leaves

Ne’ilah: Another Door Opens

“there is no book / no final decree”

dark photo of person walking through door with yellow light

We Are Verbs: A Poem for the Days of Awe

“You are the blessed and the blessing”

multicolored sunset at the beach with person standing at the shore with arms open in silhouette

Let It Burn

“Blessed burning of yahrzeit candle’

grief, suicide, yahrzeit

lit candle, thick and white, next to white petal on wood table against black background

Why Do You Slumber?

“Your heart is noble, / The need is global”

justice, peace, teshuvah

black and white photo of people at a protest, one black/brown woman shown from behind with fist in the air, another black man in mask standing near her and another white person walking by on her other side