Teaching Children about Asking Forgiveness (Slicha)
Preparing for the Days of Awe - Emerging Color Connections
Preparing for the Days of Awe Activity - Revealing Values
Preparing for the Days of Awe - Mirror of the Soul
Yom Kippur Wasn't Always the Holiday It Is Now
As the summer passes its midway point, rabbis begin to think seriously about the coming Days of Awe.
Selichot: Warm-Up to the High Holiday Season
Ushering in the High Holiday season, Selichot – which falls this year on Saturday night, September 24th – is the warm-up stretch that precedes the spiritual workout we give our souls during the Days of Awe.
Preparing for the Days of Awe - Journaling with Symbolic Objects
Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom
Preparing for the Days of Awe - Filling Your Well
Confronting Death is an Important Part of Life
If on Yom Kippur we rehearse our own death, then on Tishah B’Av (observed last month), we begin the annual process of preparing for death. The seven-week period from Tishah B’Av to Rosh HaShanah provides an opportunity to cultivate our souls, to reestablish our relationship with God, and to reconcile with ourselves and others. We transform the potentially passive experience of judgment into an active process of self-awareness, acceptance, engagement, and transformation.