Tag: Not a Mahzor 2024

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

תכלה שנה וקללותיה – תחל שנה וברכותיה

ובאמת, לצד האסונות שידענו לאורך אלפי שנות קיומנו, ידענו גם לקום, להתאחד ולהתחזק מתוך השבר. וכך יהיה גם הפעם.

Rabbi Nathalie Lastreger September 23, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

End the Year and Its Curses – Begin the Year with Its Blessings

Despite the disasters we have faced, we have known how to rise, unite, and grow stronger from the fractures.

Rabbi Nathalie Lastreger 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, Rabbi Avram Israel Reisner September 23, 2024 Climate and Environment High Holidays

Promoting Isaiah On Yom Kippur

Engaging with Operation Isaiah is a demand to eliminate the scourge of hunger. May we see the day when healthy food is available to all.

Rabbi Daniel J. Isaak, Social Justice Commission September 23, 2024 Food 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.

puck glass, Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks, Social Justice Commission September 23, 2024 Elul High Holidays

Approaching Tashlikh: Casting Off Racism

May our casting of the bread upon the waters lead to a concerted common effort to confront and confound racism throughout the New Year.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks, 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

Redemption Of Captives And Freeing Hostages: An Ethical Imperative

While Jewish law contains many opinions, the moral imperative is clear: every effort should be made to negotiate the release of hostages without delay.

Moti Kaplan, Rabbi Miriam C. Berkowitz September 22, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

Reflections on Death (1973)

Heschel writes in 1973 in "Reflections on Death": Life here and now is the task. Every moment can be an achievement.

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel September 22, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Confronting Death

Introduction to the Kaddish: For Those who Died in the Israeli War (1957)

Written by S.Y. Agnon in the Conservative Judaism Journal for those who died in the War of 1948, these words are especially fitting today.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon September 20, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism Journal

A Yizkor for the Victims of October 7th

May God remember all the women, men, and children of Israel who were brutally murdered on the 7th of October.

Rabbi Naomi Levy September 20, 2024 Death and Dying High Holidays

Yizkor for the Victims of October 7th

This Yizkor, for the victims of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, attempts to capture the personal details of the people killed on this ...

Rabbi Dr. Karen Reiss Medwed September 20, 2024 Death and Dying High Holidays

?כיצד ראוי לחגוג את שמחת תורה בשנת תשפ״ה

חווינו אחד מן האסונות הגדולים ביותר בתולדות המדינה, ומאז, כיצד ראוי לחגוג את שמחת תורה בשנת תשפ״ה?

Rabbi David Golinkin September 20, 2024 Halakhah High Holidays

How to Appropriately Celebrate Simchat Torah in 5785

With the ongoing tragedy of October 7th and the ongoing hostage situation and war, how do we appropriately celebrate Simchat Torah in 5785?

Rabbi David Golinkin September 20, 2024 Halakhah High Holidays

The Danger of the Divine

Yom Kippur is a reminder about yirah, about awe. God is here, powerful, and dangerous. The best response to that is a sense of yirah. 

Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

כוונה לכניסת שמחת תורה תשפ”ה

דקות לפני כניסת החג, מתכנסים בבית הכנסת, לוקחים כלי חרס שביר ביד ואומרים האלה.

Rabbi Maayan Belding-Zidon September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

Intention for Simchat Torah 5785

A ritual and intention before the start of Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah this year in 2024/5785 based on a Talmudic story.

Rabbi Maayan Belding-Zidon September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

In Need of a Divine Hug: The Embrace of the Sukkah

This year, we should learn to experience the embrace of Sukkot by embracing one another, knowing that God is reaching out to embrace us, too.

Rabbi Corey Helfand September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

Welcoming Special Ushpizin for Sukkot This Year (5785)

This year, as we feel as fragile as the Sukkah itself, we offer a framework for Sukkot and Ushpizin – our Exalted Sanctified Guests.

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz September 20, 2024 Holidays Observing Sukkot

Balance Espiritual y Arrepentimiento

Fasting, praying, and ancient rituals invite and inspire us to begin Ḥeshbon Hanefesh and perform sincere Teshuvah.

Rabbina Judy Nowominski September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

Spiritual Balance and Teshuvah

Fasting, praying, and ancient rituals invite and inspire us to begin Ḥeshbon Hanefesh and perform sincere Teshuvah.

Rabbina Judy Nowominski, Rabbi Leandro Galanternik September 20, 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

A New Year Filled With Hope

Tradition reminds me that even if I don't feel hope now, it's still here. Maybe it isn't present right now, maybe we will find it.

Rabbi Idit Lev September 19, 2024 Elul High Holidays

שנה חדשה מלאה תקוה

המסורת מזכירה לי שאפילו שאני לא מרגישה את התקווה עכשיו - היא איפשהו כאן. ואולי היא נוכחת כרגע, אולי נמצא אותה.

Rabbi Idit Lev September 19, 2024 Elul High Holidays

7 Things To Do During The Yom Kippur Prayers

Yom Kippur is 25 hours of fasting, hundreds of prayers, and thousands of words. Here are 7 things you can do to make it more ...

Rabbi Josh Weiner September 19, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

High Holiday Liturgy: Making Meaning from the Metaphors for God

By understanding the nuance of Divine justice, we are given a powerful model for healthier relationships in the human realm.

Rabbi Amalya Volz September 18, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

Holding Both Joy and Sorrow

Our hearts are big enough to hold all the emotions we feel during this holiday season, as we pray, eat, and observe the holidays together.

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz September 17, 2024 High Holidays Holidays

How To Live A Morally Good Life

The moral life, with its choices, its responsibilities, its missteps, and its modes of repair, is an integral part of what it means to be ...

Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, Ph.D. September 17, 2024 Ethics High Holidays

How to Prevent High Holiday Burnout

The delicate balancing act of celebrating and observing the High Holidays can be mixed with a bit of overwhelm. Here's what you can do.

Rabbi Amy Grossblatt Pessah September 17, 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

What Does it Mean to Dwell in the Sukkah?

Living in the Sukkah can mean just living in an outdoor hut for a week, but it can also bring so much more meaning into ...

Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal September 22, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Why Do We Read Jonah On Yom Kippur?

With lessons on failure, the value of admitting our mistakes, and allowing ourselves and others to apologize, the Book of Jonah has much to teach ...

Rabbi Allan Berkowitz September 22, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Are There Only Ten Days of Repentance Each Year?

Teshuvah in the 10 days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are sacred days, but what about the days before and beyond those?

Risa Finkelstein Sugarman September 19, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

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