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‘The Machzor: The High Holiday Prayer Book Explained’
The thick High Holiday machzor can feel daunting. A guide to how its prayers are ordered and where to find your footing in the Days of Awe.
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Questions for the Soul: Building a Cheshbon HaNefesh for Elul
An accounting of the soul needs the right questions. A practical set of reflective prompts to examine the year honestly before the Days of Awe.
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The Month of Elul: When It Falls and Why It Opens the Heart
When does Elul fall on the calendar, and why is it the gentlest month for return? Meet the month that prepares the soul for the Days of Awe.
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‘What Is Selichot? Pre-Dawn Prayers of Return’
Curious about Selichot? Learn what these penitential prayers are, when they begin, and how they prepare the heart before the Days of Awe.
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The High Holidays Explained: From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur
New to the High Holidays? Understand what the Days of Awe ask of you and why they form the most searching season of the Jewish year.
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How to Do Teshuvah: The Four Movements of an Honest Return
You want to truly turn over a new leaf, not just feel sorry. Here are the concrete steps the tradition lays out for genuine teshuvah.