teshuvah

Your glossary for the Jewish New Year.

4 reasons we read this text on the Day of Atonement

The Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur emphasizes themes of return and repentance.

The Haftarah selection comes from Hosea 14:2-10 and Micah 7:18-20. Ashkenazic communities add Joel 2:15-27.

During the month of Elul, prayers to say and vows to renounce.

Asking God for forgiveness.

How to celebrate the Jewish New Year at home.

Five ways to focus your spiritual preparations for the High Holidays.

A religious poem recited on the High Holidays that is meant to strike fear in us.