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High Holy Days: the Basics

By 18Doors

Summer’s Ending, So Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Must Be Arriving Maybe you’re...

Booklets, High Holy Days, Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Easing Into My First High Holy Days

By Anne Goodman

Two years ago, I joined Sam for High Holy Day Services for the first time. In preparation, he tried explaining...

High Holy Days, Relationships, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

An Inter-Faith Yom Kippur in a Time of Weddings

By Ryan Mount

This year may have been the perfect snapshot for our inter-faith life together. As Friday settled in and the...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Yom Kippur

Guide: Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family: Public Schools and the High Holy Days

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Public Schools and the High Holy Days One of the High Holy Days decisions...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

Apples cut in half and a jar of honey sitting on a table.

Highs and Lows: Jewish Holidays from the Sidelines

By Birger Stamperdahl

Jewish holidays can be the greatest—as well as the hardest—aspect of being part of an interfaith family. My...

High Holy Days, Marriage, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Rosh Hashanah, Parenting Stories, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

3 Family Activities For Yom Kippur To Do At Home

By Yosef Abramowitz

125 Yom Kippur, unlike most Jewish holidays, has few home rituals. It is made for communal worship. There...

High Holy Days, Yom Kippur

Fasting on Yom Kippur: All You Need to Know

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Guide to the High Holy Days: Symbols and Rituals Fasting on Yom Kippur One...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days Rituals, Jewish Holidays, Yom Kippur

A basket of apples next to some fabric on a table.

Guide to the High Holy Days: High Holy Days Food

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days High Holy Days Food What delicious foods are customary for the High...

High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Six Tips for Interfaith Couples Facing the High Holidays

By 18Doors

1. Since family meals are universal, inviting extended family members who are of another faith to join in the...

Couples, High Holy Days, Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

The Sixth Yom Kippur Commandment

By 18Doors

1178 August 13, 2013 Most Jews, be they secular or devout, practicing or not, can agree that we have enough...

High Holy Days Rituals, Yom Kippur

Cut fresh pomegranates and seeds on a table alongside apples and a honey jar.

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Meaning of the Days in Between the High Holidays

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days The Days In Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur The ten days beginning...

High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

What Is a Shofar? Meaning of Blowing the Ram’s Horn

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days The Shofar The most famous ritual object connected with the High Holy...

High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Community During the High Holy Days: The Whole Tickets Thing

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days The Whole “Tickets” Thing Because most synagogues expect...

High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Symbols and Rituals: Wearing White and Not Wearing Leather

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Wearing White and Not Wearing Leather During the High Holy Days, there’s...

High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur Blessings

By 18Doors

For those looking for a quick, easy reference to guide them through the home rituals that lead into Yom...

High Holy Days, Yom Kippur

Kids’ Books that Matter: The Jewish New Year

By Kathy Bloomfield

As we set about raising our children in the Jewish faith, I insisted they attend a Jewish pre-school. While...

Books, High Holy Days, Recipes, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

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