Read: ‘The Light Has Changed’
October 3, 2022
“All of a sudden, there is a new quality to the light,” notes Barbara Kavadias, heralding the Harvest Moon of Sukkot and the autumn festival of Sukkot.
“All of a sudden, there is a new quality to the light,” notes Barbara Kavadias, heralding the Harvest Moon of Sukkot and the autumn festival of Sukkot.
According to Ellen Dannin, “after they entered their promised land, the Israelites remained fractious, quarrelsome, difficult, faithless. Their entry into the land became only an entry to a place to continue to be as they were. But Moses, only Moses, died with a promised land.”
How can we gather the courage to confront ourselves honestly and compassionately so that we can somehow realize a fresh start? Lisa Braun Glazer offers her thoughts.
Rabbi Alan LaPayover chants the ancient Yom Kippur prayer, Kol Nidre.
Mizrahi Jews, originally from eastern Asian countries such as Iraq and Iran, have a colorful and unique way of celebrating Jewish holidays with food. Adva Chattler shares a special Mizrahi fish recipe that her family enjoys every year on Rosh Hashanah.
Rabbis Deborah Waxman and Sandra Lawson, discuss their respective processes of preparing for the High Holidays. They share how, as human beings, they undertake an accounting of the soul, leading to repentance for their own actions and forgiveness towards others.
Hila Ratzabi developed this tashlikh ritual, inspired by a teaching in Bereishit Rabbah, which may be performed any time on the first or second day of Rosh Hashanah. It is an opportunity to reflect on the past year and let go of what is no longer serving us.
Join Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg in guided meditation and reflection as she examines the multifaceted role of “breath” on Rosh Hashanah. She invites us to imagine the phrase, “I can’t breathe,” as the crying out of the shofar, calling on us to wake up to the systematic oppression in which
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