Through the contemplative month of Elul, to the closing of the gates in the N’ilah service at the end of Yom Kippur, to the very last shofar call…
Check out these resources to enrich and deepen your High Holiday experience:
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The Stars Inside
Once upon a time when the earth was covered with forest there was a corner of the world thick with trees of all shapes and sizes. Like a family of many generations some of these trees were thousands of years old. They stretched up high to the heavens and spread out from mountain […]
Put the Fire Out!
Once there was a man who sold buttons. He went from town to town talking to people and selling buttons. This man’s name was Moishe, and he loved to travel. He liked selling his buttons, but most of all he loved learning things like how different people said hello in other places, […]
The Shepherd and His
Flute
There is a story told of a young shepherd who on Rosh Hashana came to his synagogue to pray. But he could not pray. For he had not learned to read the words that skipped across the pages of his books and prayers. He sat quietly, listening to words that “climbed in […]
Reb Zusya
Once there was a rabbi named Zusya who loved God with all his heart and soul, and who treated all God’s creatures with respect and kindness. Rabbi Zusya studied Torah, kept Shabbat, visited the sick, and praised God for all the goodness in the world. Though he was not a rich man, Zusya gave […]
Pebbles From the Heart
Reuben Kaplan was a talker. At breakfast he told the stories of his dreams from the night before always adding a thick layer of interpretation. On the way to school he told the same stories to his neighbor Sam but this time they seemed a little more detailed, a little bigger. While […]
There are so many wonderful things you and your children can do to prepare for the High Holidays. All of these activities help to better understand the themes, learn Hebrew vocabulary, and become more familiar with the symbols. Please take this opportunity to send in more activities as well as photographs of […]
The Shofar is an ancient tool; a horn that is used like an alarm or announcement. Its usually made out of a ram’s horn but can also be made from the horns of a goat, sheep, antelope and gazelle. There are three basical musical sounds of the shofar blasts. They are:
Te-ki-YA: […]
* The Shofar is a musical instrument that hasn’t changed in over 5000 years.
* The first mention of the Shofar is in the biblical story of the Akeda, the binding of Isaac. Abraham sacrificed a ram in place of his son.
* The shofar is blown 100 times on Rosh Hashanah.
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