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Month of Elul

Each year as summer fades into fall, Jewish tradition invites us to turn inwards. The month of Elul precedes the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We dedicate this time to preparing ourselves for the holidays so that we can experience them as fully as possible. During Elul we are asked to look into ourselves. We think about who we are and who we want to be. Whose forgiveness do we need in order for us to enter a new year with a clean slate?

How to Blow the Shofar [Video]

In this video, learn the fundamentals of how to blow the shofar from Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Tags: shofar

We Parade Around The Shul: A Prayer for Simkhat Torah

Celebrating the Torah while keeping our loved ones memories as blessings [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Simchat Torah

Tags: torah

Poem for Elul: Psalm 27

A poem based on psalm 27, highlighting a few additional requests from God [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Chodesh Elul: Aug-Sept

Tags: psalm 27

Transition Ritual

An opportunity to join with others and be witnessed in any life transition, both external and internal [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Conversion, Gender Transitioning, Becoming a Jewish Adult, Endings & Beginnings

Tags: handwashing, LGBTIQ

Aninu

A prayer based on traditional texts but which addresses God in feminine and gender-neutral imagery [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Yom Kippur

Tags: Rachel Adler, slichot

Aninu Shechina — Answer us, Shechina

A prayer based on traditional texts which addresses God as Shechina [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Yom Kippur

Tags: Rachel Adler, slichot

Hu Ya'anenu: Answer Us

Adds biblical women to the list of biblical men in this traditional prayer [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Yom Kippur

Tags: Rachel Adler, slichot

Selichot Service: Compilers' Note

An explanation of why the authors created a Selichot liturgy to include voices of men and women [more]

Found In: Month of Elul

Tags: Rachel Adler, slichot

Hu Ya'anenu, Hi Ta'anenu

An inclusive version of this traditional Selichot (penitential) prayer. [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Yom Kippur

Tags: slichot

Teshuvah Walks

A meditation walk that one can do to prepare to do teshuvah (repentance) [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Tags: teshuvah