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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
Communal Return Through Personal Introspection
By Rosh Kehillah Dina Najman
Rosh Hashanah
Our Four Sacred New Years
By Nomi Kaltmann
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 Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Rosh Hashanah: Day of Judgment, Day of (Re-)Creation
By Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel
The Song of the Shofar: The Lessons of the Sons of Korach
By Malka Hubscher
Yom Kippur
“And We Bow”: The Choreography of Yom Kippur
By Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne
Our Prophets, Ourselves: Jonah, Judgement, and the Act of Repentance
By Dr. 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 Dean Rachel Friedman
Then Shall Your Light Shine in the Darkness
By Daphne Lazar Price
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
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