These ten rituals provide an introduction to Ritualwell’s High Holiday resources. Visit the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur sections to explore these holidays more fully. Shanah tovah u’metukah!
Ritual Component
In this video, learn the fundamentals of how to blow the shofar from Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D.
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A prayer for Tashlich, which can be read solo, or used as a responsive reading. [more]
By Burt Jacobson | Prayer
A new version of the traditional prayer using some feminine and non-gendered terms [more]
By Alicia Ostriker | Poem
Reflections on Elul, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur [more]
Prayers and kavanot for those who should not fast [more]
By Rabbi Robert Saks | Ritual Component
A memorial service for the prophet Jonah [more]
By Rabbi Naomi Levy | Prayer
A prayer to be said when a parent feels tried by the job of parenting [more]
By Yonit Kosovske | Prayer
Original prayer recognizing the ways in which parents may have missed the mark with their children. [more]
By Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW | Prayer
A possible comfort for one who shouldn't fast due to health [more]
Prayer
Some find the Yom Kippur liturgy, with its litany of sins, onerous, particularly for women. This text serves as a counterpoint to the traditional Al Chet (confession) affirming our goodness alongside our sins. [more]
