How Prayer Can Change Us
From the Haftarah for Rosh Hashanah, taken from the Book of Samuel, we learn how prayer can change us, especially as we view Hannah’s role.
Gila Axelrod
From the Haftarah for Rosh Hashanah, taken from the Book of Samuel, we learn how prayer can change us, especially as we view Hannah’s role.
In preparation for Rosh HaShana, explore more about the binding of Isaac and understanding how that impacts the exploration of the body, soul, and trans experience.
Un’taneh Tokef: What makes this prayer so attractive? Could it be the poignant question, “Who will live and who will die?”
A short prayer, inspired by and quoting the Prophet Isaiah, connecting us to nature, the environment, and all of creation.
May the shofar blasts become our catalysts inspiring us to civic participation and the preservation of our democracy.
Our tradition teaches: the sound of the shofar can literally break down the walls, both physical and spiritual. It can shatter complacency and indifference.
May these Days of Awe help us understand more deeply and act more forcefully on behalf of the enslaved and marginalized in our society.
Acknowledging God’s sovereignty marks our responsibility toward all of life, through which the one creative, life-sustaining spirit flows.
How might we make meaning of the Binding of Isaac, a troubling, watershed story that shakes us to our core? What can we learn?
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.
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.
“Listener of Prayer” is an important phrase in many of our blessings and prayers. Learn more about why that is.
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.
The intensity of Rosh Hashanah can be intimidating; read this guide to get to know what to expect at services on our New Year.
Sara Beth Berman teaches us: Everything you need to know about clothing the body that holds your precious soul for the High Holidays.
The Musaf Service for Rosh Hashanah contains familiar opening and closing blessings of the Amidah with the usual High Holiday interpolations.
Sounding of the shofar is a characteristic mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah. The holiday is alternatively called the Day of Sounding the Shofar.
Rosh Hashanah Torah reading includes Abraham, Sarah, and the Binding of Isaac. Haftarot tell the story of Samuel and other relevant themes.
For most people, Rosh Hashanah means a lot of time spent praying in the synagogue. These are the complex explanations behind those prayers.