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 water ritual for beginning the fast of Yom Kippur
“The silent air before it is blown into sound inside the horn of a beast…”
Imagine that the whole world is God’s sukkah, and that we are all sheltered there.
A meditation before and new translation of Psalm 27.
“How do you steer this thing? / Which end is helm and which is the stern?”
A poem of admiration for pomegranates
“We are at the beginning / Of new cycles / In a world that is ours / Transcending time and space.”
The sacrificial goat shares a nuanced view of this Yom Kippur tradition.
“But beat gentle, sinners and you, / you few righteous ones.”
A poem for the midnight service of selikhot

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