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RAP-ENTANCE: A Soul-Opening Experience for the High Holidays

Rabbi Alex Kress

Long before I became a rabbi, I was a DJ and a hip-hop-head. Music always scored my life, and for years I've wondered, "How can that music be harnessed for religious practice?"

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How to Turn Your Home into a Sanctuary for the High Holidays

Rabbi Elyse Goldstein

Like our ancestors before us, we must again bring worship “inside” and create a sacred space at home while we are in front of our computers.

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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.

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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.

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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Unetaneh Tokef in the Time of a Pandemic

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.

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How to Harness the Healing Power of Forgiveness and Repentance

So how does one begin the process of forgiveness?

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How to Get into the High Holidays State of Mind

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?

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In Celebration of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at Home

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.

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3 Previously Frowned-Upon Behaviors to Embrace During the High Holidays at Home

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

The new normal of distanced coronavirus kehilla t'filah (communal prayer) offers new ways to enhance your Home High Holidays. Consider these three previously banned behaviors to warm up your worship.