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Category: Rosh Hashanah in Synagogue
A Talmudic Reading Of The High Holiday Prayer Un’taneh Tokef
Un'taneh Tokef: What makes this prayer so attractive? Could it be the poignant question, “Who will live and who will die?”
Dr. Judith Hauptman
September 23, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
Caring For Creation Prayer
A short prayer, inspired by and quoting the Prophet Isaiah, connecting us to nature, the environment, and all of creation.
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
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Rabbi Avram Israel Reisner
September 23, 2024
Climate and Environment
High Holidays
A Meditation/Kavannah on the Shofar and Civic Engagement
May the shofar blasts become our catalysts inspiring us to civic participation and the preservation of our democracy.
Rabbi Josh Ratner
,
Social Justice Commission
September 23, 2024
Elul
High Holidays
The Shofar Is Calling Us Toward Queer Reconciliation: A Kavvanah
The shofar's call urges us to examine our own biases and privileges, to stand in solidarity and to advocate for change.
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Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks
,
Social Justice Commission
September 23, 2024
Elul
High Holidays
Social Justice Commission High Holiday Reader 5785
Our tradition teaches: the sound of the shofar can literally break down the walls, both physical and spiritual. It can shatter complacency and indifference.
Social Justice Commission
September 23, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
Hagar, Enslaved Woman
May these Days of Awe help us understand more deeply and act more forcefully on behalf of the enslaved and marginalized in our society.
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
,
Social Justice Commission
September 22, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
Sovereign of All the Earth: The Meaning of the Malkhuyot
Acknowledging God’s sovereignty marks our responsibility toward all of life, through which the one creative, life-sustaining spirit flows.
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
September 19, 2024
Climate and Environment
High Holidays
The Binding of Isaac: What Does God Want?
How might we make meaning of the Binding of Isaac, a troubling, watershed story that shakes us to our core? What can we learn?
Rabbi Nelly Altenburger
September 19, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
Davening with Leonard Cohen
A rockstar-poet-monk and a humble Jew, a roshi and just another rabbi. In some moments, we trade places, imagining what could have been.
Rabbi Mordechai Rackover
September 17, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
The Power of Memory-Making
Memory-making, the way we tell ourselves our story, the way we frame our history, offers the opportunity to give us power and, ultimately, hope.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
September 17, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
Listener of Prayer
"Listener of Prayer" is an important phrase in many of our blessings and prayers. Learn more about why that is.
Rabbi Alex Hamilton
July 3, 2024
Amidah
Every Day
Hope is a Rope (Rosh Hashanah)
We learn from Rabbi Friedson to keep our hope in mind for this next year. Our hope is a rope, just as strong and tenacious.
Rabbi Sarah Freidson
November 5, 2023
High Holidays
Holidays
What Can I Expect at My First Rosh Hashanah Services?
The intensity of Rosh Hashanah can be intimidating; read this guide to get to know what to expect at services on our New Year.
Rabbi Lindsey Healey-Pollack
September 11, 2023
Holidays
Rosh Hashanah
Dress to Impress Yourself…Into the Book of Life
Sara Beth Berman teaches us: Everything you need to know about clothing the body that holds your precious soul for the High Holidays.
Sara Beth Berman (she/her)
September 19, 2022
Clothing
High Holidays
Rosh Hashanah Musaf Service
The Musaf Service for Rosh Hashanah contains familiar opening and closing blessings of the Amidah with the usual High Holiday interpolations.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Alan Lucas
September 16, 2022
High Holidays
Holidays
The Shofar on Rosh Hashanah
Sounding of the shofar is a characteristic mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah. The holiday is alternatively called the Day of Sounding the Shofar.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Alan Lucas
September 16, 2022
High Holidays
Holidays
Rosh Hashanah Torah Reading
Rosh Hashanah Torah reading includes Abraham, Sarah, and the Binding of Isaac. Haftarot tell the story of Samuel and other relevant themes.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
,
The Observant Life (Book)
September 16, 2022
High Holidays
Holidays
Rosh Hashanah Synagogue Services
For most people, Rosh Hashanah means a lot of time spent praying in the synagogue. These are the complex explanations behind those prayers.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Alan Lucas
September 16, 2022
High Holidays
Holidays
