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The Days Between
Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season
Marcia Falk
Brandeis University Press, 2014
The Jewish High Holidays—the ten days beginning with the New Year Festival of Rosh Hashanah and culminating with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement—constitute the most sacred period of the Jewish year. During this season, religious as well as nonaffiliated Jews attend synagogue services in unparalleled numbers. Yet much of what they find there can be unwelcoming in its patriarchal imagery, leaving many worshipers unsatisfied. For those seeking to connect more deeply with their Judaism, and for all readers in search of a contemplative approach to the themes of the fall season, poet and scholar Marcia Falk re-creates the holidays’ key prayers and rituals from an inclusive perspective. Among the offerings in The Days Between are Hebrew and English blessings for festive meals, prayers for synagogue services, and poems and meditations for quiet reflection. Emphasizing introspection as well as relationship to others, Falk evokes her vision of the High Holidays as “ten days of striving to keep the heart open to change.” Accessible and welcoming to modern readers, The Days Between is steeped in traditional sources and grounded in liturgical and biblical scholarship. It will serve as a meaningful alternative or supplement to the traditional liturgy for individuals, families, synagogues, and communities small and large—that is, for all who seek fresh meaning in the High Holidays.
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Divrei Mishkan HaNefesh
A Guide to the CCAR Machzor
Rabbi Edwin Goldberg
Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2016

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Gates of Awe
Holy Day Prayers for Young Children
Rabbi Howard Bogot
Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1991
The second in a series of prayerbooks for early childhood use, Gates of Awe contains rich and enchanting illustrations combined with poetic text that enhances the sense of awe found during the Holy Days. The special qualities of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are skillfully introduced to young worshippers through the inspiration of prayer, the excitement of the Shofar and the lessons in the stories of Abraham and Torah.
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Gates of Repentance - LP - Hebrew
Chaim Stern
Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1997
Gates of Repentance, containing services, readings, meditations and songs for Rosh HasShanah and Yom Kippur, features contemporary, gender-inclusive language throughout. Like its companion, Gates of Prayer, this volume combines the old with the new and supplies each congregation latitude in establishing its own patterns of worship.
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Gates of Repentance for Young People
Rabbi Judith Abrams
Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2002
Gates of Repentance for Young People is the Machzor designed for children's High Holy Day services; it completes the series begun with Gates of Wonder, Gates of Awe, and Gates of Prayer for Young People. Each service emphasizes the significant themes of the High Holy Days in engaging ways. The volume includes services for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur for both early and late primary grades in contemporary, gender-inclusive language, along with new translations of the High Holy Day readings from the Torah and Haftarot and illustrations by award-winning artist Neil Waldman.
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