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Can my fiancé and I get married between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur?

Answered by

Rabbi Julie Zupan

Although Jewish weddings may take place on the days in between the Jewish High Holidays, it is generally discouraged because during that period, also known as the Days of Awe, we are focused on the solemn themes of the season.

A Prayer for Healing During the High Holy Days

The Season of Healing

The High Holidays are a time of introspection and self-assessment in anticipation of repentance, forgiveness, thanksgiving and rejoicing. It is a season of healing.

Pumpkin with Dumplings

Recipe by

Hanna Goodman

To celebrate the fall harvest, enjoy this dish in the sukkah on Sukkot and throughout the season for festive Shabbat gatherings.

Shofar with a green apple and a bowl of honey on a black background

A Thank-You and a Suggestion for Compassion as We Enter the High Holiday Season

We ask you for added compassion right now, for each other and for ourselves. Here are the principles of compassion and caring we should all be keeping in mind.

Individual wearing a pink prayer shawl and blowing a shofar in a synagogue sanctuary

High Holidays 2020/5781: Tools to Make Them Meaningful

Deborah Goldberg

As we approach the most unusual High Holidays in recent memory, ReformJudaism.org is here to help you find ways to observe, celebrate or commemorate the holiday season that work best for you. Here are some helpful tips.

Film reel and a spilled container of popcorn against a red background

Two New Films, "An American Pickle" and "Palm Springs," Reflect High Holiday Themes

Wes Hopper

Both films show us ways to examine our flaws and make amends, either with the people we’ve wronged or for the ways we’ve scorned the sacrifices of those who came before us.

Honey dipper dripping honey over a small glass bowl of honey

How to Use the URJ Reflection Tool

Rabbi Esther L. Lederman

Rabbi Leora Kaye

We recently introduced the URJ Reflection Project, a tool for the High Holidays that can be found at reflect.reformjudaism.org. Here, we share suggestions of how to use its many ideas with your congregation.

Time lapse image depicting the metamorphosis of caterpillar into a butterfly against a turquoise background

"Life Is in the Transitions": Wisdom from a Bestselling Author

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

"If I were to sum up what I learned after five years of working on this book, it is this: Transitions work. When life gets us stuck, a life transition is the means of getting unstuck."

Inspired 5781: More Art, More Awe

Rebecca Guber

I grew up going to services. A lot of services. I was adept at counting the ceiling tiles, reaching into the thousands as my grasp of numbers grew more sophisticated. The melodies became part of my life soundtrack; I hummed them as my mind wandered during the rabbi’s sermon.

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22,202 CE: A Year With No Rosh HaShanah

Rabbi Mark Glickman

Soon, Jews around the world will celebrate the beginning of the Jewish new year, 5781, and many of us will do so not from our synagogues as usual, but rather from our homes, looking into our computer sc

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