Tag: High Holidays
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B’Kol Libeinu: The Call of Our Hearts
As we approach a High Holiday season like none other, many of us find ourselves wondering how to approach these weighty days. B’Kol Libeinu: The Call of Our Hearts is a Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur Machzor Companion with contributions from over 40 magnificent educators, clergy, writers, poets, and artists. You can…
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Thoughts For Yom Kippur 5782
Yom Kippur is often translated into English as the Jewish day of atonement, though I feel that this is a mistranslation. Yom Kippur’s awesomeness, in the literal sense of the word, is that the Jewish tradition provides us with a 25-hour period, Shabbat Shabbaton (the sabbath of sabbaths) to focus…
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The Sfat Emet on Yom Kippur
This drasha was originally written in 5777. One of the most beautiful teachings I have encountered about Yom Kippur is from the Sfat Emet. The Sfat Emet uses the symbology and metaphor of a mikvah to talk about what Yom Kippur is and how it functions. Yom Kippur is this…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 