Category: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

This is when the end of summer accelerates and we hurtle towards the Yomim Noraim. Last year I wrote about how this time of year is

Hello, all. I wanted to wish you a gmar chasima tova and an easy, meaningful Yom Kippur.

Hi, all. I hope you had a nice Rosh Hashanah. I had some sad news…

I didn’t want to leave off the old year without wishing you a happy, good, sweet new one. A year in which you see

This is the time of year I usually set goals.

I want to wish all my readers a gmar chasima tova and a gut gebencht yuhr! My friend sent me this beautiful article about making your pitch to Hashem. Also, I learned this week in Kitzur Shulchan Aruch that we are told to be happy and enjoy Motzoei Yom Kippur and the days between Yom Kippur and Succos — Hashem …

Last night I searched for something in Whatsapp and went down a rabbit hole rereading past conversations, as one does. Since most of my lengthier text-based conversations are punctuated by voicenotes, I started listening to those, too. Hearing voicenotes from the past year or two was like listening to an auditory montage of my emotional experience. I heard my voice …

I read the poem “What to Remember When Waking” by David Whyte in a writing workshop: “What you can plan is too small for you to live.” 

I asked an older friend/mentor for ideas about how to approach Elul this year, and she suggested that I learn about the basics of Elul and Rosh Hashanah from a sefer. She pointed out — and I have also seen — that learning about the things we did when we were younger, as adults, gives us an entirely new understanding …