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Selihot

The Spirituality of Intimacy: Thoughts on Selihot 
By Erin Leib Smokler

Communal Return Through Personal Introspection
By Dina Najman

Rosh hashana

Finding Love Again: A Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur of Connection
By Ruthie Braffman Shulman

Forgiving Others, Forgiving Ourselves 
By Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld

Crying: An Expression of Prayer 
By Sara Hurwitz

Rosh Hashanah: Day of Judgment, Day of (Re-)Creation

By Miriam Udel-Lambert

The Song of the Shofar: The Lessons of the Sons of Korah 
By Malka Hubscher

Yom kippur

“And We Bow”: The Choreography of Yom Kippur By Liz Shayne

Our Prophets, Ourselves: Jonah, Judgement, and the Act of Repentance 
By Rachel Rosenthal

Change We Can Believe In 

By Aliza Sperling

Yizkor: Yom Kippur and Remembrance

By Deborah E. Lipstadt

Shedding Sin: The Scapegoat Ritual on Yom Kippur 
By Rachel Friedman

Sukkot

Succot and Hakhel: The Point
of Re-entry 

By Gila Sacks

On Permanence and Impermanence: Reflections on the Sukkah 
By Erin Leib Smokler

The Sukkah—A Temporary Fortress

By Mia Diamond Padva

HanUKkah

New Candles, New Torah 

The Light of Hanukkah

By Miriam Gedwiser

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Hanukkah for Grown Ups 

By Marianne Novak 

 

Hanukkah: A Lesson in Fixed Spontaneity 

By Rabba Dina Brawer

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The Book of Judith and

the History of Hanukkah 

By Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

The Beauty of Hiddur Mitzvah 

By Rosh Kehilah Dina Najman

MiNashim ba'Ohel Tevorakh: Women, Tents, and Blessings 

By Amy Newman

Creating Light Each Day 
By Gila Sacks

Hanukkah Candles in a New Light 

By Rachel Kohl Feingold

In Those Days and in Ours: The Eight Days of Hanukkah with Hava Shapiro 

By Dr. Wendy Zierler

Hanukkah: Restoration with Innovation

By Miriam Udel

Dreaming in the Dark: Miketz and the Menorah 

By Erin Leib Smokler

A Time to Rise in Holiness

By Noa Jesselsohn

A Great Miracle Happened (T)here
By Dr. Shani Berrin Tzoref

What is Hanukah? 

By Lisa Schlaff

On Women’s Obligation to Light Hanukah Candles 
By Rachel Dulitz

Hanukah: The People’s Holiday 

By Channa Lockshin Bob

Shining Outward: The Lights of Hanukah 
By Julie Lieber

Purim

Kiyemu veKibelu: Creating a Jewish Identity in a Post-Divine World 
by Ruth Balinsky Friedman

Pesach

Scents of Redemption

By Shira Billet

Discussing the Exodus until Daybreak: The Significance of Nighttime Tales

By Erin Leib Smokler

"Sameah uMesameah": Festal Rejoicing as a Rabbinic Account of Motivation 
By Miriam Udel

The Geulah of Gerut: Pesah as Transformation 
By Erin Leib Smokler

The Miracle of Haggadah

By Rachel Keren

In A Good Time 

By Ilana Goldstein Saks

Pesach: The Holiday of Love 
By Karen Miller Jackson

The Eternal Flame 

By Deena Grant

Towards Personal Redemption 

By Jennie Rosenfeld

Confronting the Darker Side of Hanukkah

by Ginna Green

Our Four Sacred New Years
By Nomi Kaltmann

The Prohibition of Working While the Candles Burn

by Bruria Spraragen

Then Shall Your Light Shine in the Darkness
By Daphne Lazar Price

Pesah - Hag HaHinuh: The Holiday of Education 

By Yaffa Epstein

Silver and Atonement: The Half-Shekel 

By Karen Koenig Schochet

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