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Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, falls ten days after Rosh Hashanah. When the Temple stood in Jerusalem, the High Priest effected atonement for the entire people through an elaborate ritual. Today, in the absence of the Temple, each of us stands, alone, together, naked as it were, before God.

How to Blow the Shofar [Video]

In this video, learn the fundamentals of how to blow the shofar from Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Tags: shofar

High Holiday Liturgy

Learn to chant the high holiday liturgy [more]

Found In: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Turning and Returning

A meditation on the purity of our souls and the search to be at-one with our truest selves [more]

Found In: Yom Kippur

Tags: teshuvah

Mikveh in Preparation for Yom Kippur

A mikveh ceremony with kavanot and chants intended to greet Yom Kippur "in friendship with an undefended heart" [more]

Found In: Yom Kippur

Tags: mikveh, Rabbi Shefa Gold, shehekheyanu

A Yom Kippur Prayer for those Impacted by the Famine in East Africa

A Yom Kippur prayer for those suffering from drought and food shortages in the Horn of Africa [more]

Found In: Yom Kippur

Open the Gates

A poem reminding us to stay open so that we come closer to the divine [more]

Found In: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Tags: teshuvah

Kos Miryam for Yom Kippur

Incorporating Miriam's Cup, spring water, and blessings of renewal into our rituals for breaking the fast [more]

Found In: Yom Kippur

Tags: Miriam's cup, shofar

Kos Miryam: The Cup of Miriam

In our ceremony for Passover, we focused on the redemptive properties of the living waters rather than on Miriam herself. [more]

Found In: On the Seder Table, Friday Evening, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Ending Shabbat: Havdalah, Tu b'Shevat

Tags: Miriam's cup

When fasting is not Teshuvah - Yom Kippur with Eating Disorders

Prayers and kavanot for those who should not fast [more]

Found In: Yom Kippur, Healing from Illness, Tisha b'Av & Minor Fast Days

Tags: teshuvah

Kesher V'Gesher, A Prayer for Rosh HaShanah

A poem expressing the intensity of our journey through the Jewish calendar, from Tisha b'Av through Simchat Torah [more]

Found In: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah, Tisha b'Av & Minor Fast Days

Tags: teshuvah