Articles from Jofa's
Shema BeKolah and Vehigadet Levitekh
on Selichot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot

Selichot

The Spirituality of Intimacy: Thoughts on Selichot 
By Dr. Erin Leib Smokler

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Communal Return Through Personal Introspection
By Rosh Kehillah Dina Najman

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Rosh Hashanah

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Our Four Sacred New Years

By Nomi Kaltmann

Finding Love Again: A Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur of Connection

By Ruthie Braffman Shulman

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Forgiving Others, Forgiving Ourselves 
By Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld

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Crying: An Expression of Prayer 
By Rabba Sara Hurwitz

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

By Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel

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

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Yom Kippur

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“And We Bow”: The Choreography of Yom Kippur 

By Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne

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

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Change We Can Believe In 

By Aliza Sperling

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Yizkor: Yom Kippur and Remembrance

By Deborah E. Lipstadt

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

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

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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