High Holy Day Resources
Materials for alternative or individual celebration
For Yom Kippur
- Meditation Before Yom Kippur for One Who Cannot Fast
- Yom Kippur Morning Service, Torah and Haftarah Readings
- Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, Torah and Haftarah Readings
- Yom Kippur Children's Service handout
- Yom Kippur Afternoon Session - The Akedah from the Perspective of the Knife: Handout 1 and Handout 2
- Yom Kippur Afternoon Session - The Sound of Silence: The Akedah from the Perspective of Sarah handout
- Yom Kippur Afternoon Session - Climate Discussion handout
- Concluding Yom Kippur Neilah Reflection by Rabbi Deborah Bronstein
- Resources from ReformJudaism.org including family activities and learning resources about the Day of Atonement.
- Big Daddy Bagels has Break-the-Fast packages. Call Rebecca at 303-870-9699.
For Rosh Hashanah
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A Rosh Hashanah “Seder” — a feast for justice — inspired by the tradition of Jews from Spain, North Africa, the Middle East and other lands to bless and eat a series of foods that symbolize our hopes for joy, strength and justice in the year ahead. From American Jewish World Service, a premier social justice organization.
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If you missed our Rosh HaShanah Outdoor Ritual, contact Alan Halpern for more information. The Ritual explores the themes of Rosh HaShanah in relation to nature and includes readings, links to music, a Torah study mixing the stories of Creation and the Binding of Isaac with passages from Harry Potter.
Created specifically for Har HaShem, our members and those who choose to celebrate with us. -
An independent Tashlich created by Rabbi Greene. Print and carry with you.
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A Tashlich meditation to download and take to the waterside. Created by Yoga for Kids, but not only for kids, this podcast leads you through meditation and song to reflect and start a new year.
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Resources from ReformJudaism including family activities, recipes, and resources for learning and reflecting.
- How to Turn Your Home into a Sanctuary
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Purchase a poster top help turnyour home into a sanctuary,
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein’s background poster, saying, “May this space be a sanctuary.” -
How to Have a Meaningful Rosh Hashanah When You’re Alone, a college student's blog post on Alma.
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Still Small Voice, featuring conversations between Abigail Pogrebin and thinkers, scholars and rabbis exploring ways to translate God— not academically, but practically. Every day. From The Forward
Listen
- Heal Us Now - Holli Berman, Cantorial Soloist, with Kol Sasson Choir
- We Return - Holli Berman, Cantorial Soloist, with Kol Sasson Choir
- Avinu Malkeinu - Holli Berman, Cantorial Soloist
- Rosh HaShanah playlist from the Union for Reform Judaism
Not your parents' synagogue choir. On Spotify. - A Tashlich Playlist, on Spotify
Podcasts
- Hayom, meaning today or THE day. Over the course of the Yamim Noraim, the ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Rabbis Chuck Briskin, Fred Greene and Jason Rosenberg and a variety of guests will bring each of you something special: a favorite teaching to help make your day a little more holy.
- Wholly Jewish Podcast from ReformJudaism.org. What do we all have in common? We all live - and balance - complex and nuanced identities, that, when braided together, make us wholly ourselves - and “Wholly Jewish.” Join April Baskin, the Union for Reform Judaism’s former vice president for audacious hospitality, as she speaks with Jews of Color who share their experiences, insights, and how their identities enrich and create a more vibrant Jewish community.
- A Tashlich Meditation and Ritual, by Yoga for Kids
A guided meditation and liturgy for Tashlich in a podcast. Not just for kids.
(We encourage you to use pebbles rather than crumbs or seeds.)