High Holidays

Laptop on a table in a living room displaying a man in a kippah blowing a shofar

In Celebration of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at Home

By

Micaela Hellman-Tincher

Like many, I'm mourning the chance to "go" to High Holiday services at my synagogue. But I've also had the joy of observing Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at home, so I know this year will be wonderfully meaningful.

A womans outstretched hands holding three red apples

How to Get into the High Holidays State of Mind

By

Rabbi Julie Zupan

It's a challenge and necessity, especially during this pandemic, to set boundaries between work time and family or personal time, between home office and home. How do we do that, emotionally?

How to Harness the Healing Power of Forgiveness and Repentance

So how does one begin the process of forgiveness?

Dark and empty movie theater with a glowing white screen at the front of the room

Rosh HaShanah at the Movies: Contemplating My Relationship with God

By

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

One year, on the second day of Rosh HaShanah, we were shocked to find the doors of Temple Israel of Hollywood locked. It was news to us that most Reform congregations observed only one day of the holiday.

View from behind of a person blowing a shofar into the sunset while wearing a prayer shawl that covers their head and back

Unetaneh Tokef in the Time of a Pandemic

By

Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler

The Unetaneh Tokef has a long list of ways that people die, often violently, a way of shocking us into realizing our mortality. The original prayer, however, can be traumatizing. This version seeks a more empathetic approach to mortality.