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Holidays after the Hurricane: Chabad of Cape Coral Observes Yom Kippur

Despite flooded streets, power outages, and evacuations, Cape Coral’s Jewish community came together for Yom Kippur services at Rabbi Yossi Labkowski’s Chabad center

By Yoni Brown

October 6, 2022

Four Communal Leaders Share Personal Regrets and Resolutions

The High Holidays are a time dedicated to repentance and reflection. We’ve asked four Chabad leaders to share with us some of the regrets they…

October 2, 2022

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah . . . the holidays in the Hebrew month of Tishrei are chock-full of traditions uniquely symbolic of…

By Dvora Lakein

September 25, 2022

High Holidays

Chabad of Puerto Rico Preps for New Year While Delivering Post-Hurricane Aid

In the wake of the severe damage to Puerto Rico’s infrastructure this week, caused by Hurricane Fiona, Rabbi Mendel Zarchi has worked with U.S. companies…

By Yoni Brown

September 25, 2022

High Holidays

Machzor Marginalia

Between the lines, at the High Holiday services

By Boruch Werdiger

September 25, 2022

Editorial

Prayers for a New Year

What a year it’s been. Rising prices, more crime, economic uncertainty, political instability, and social discord call to mind the words of the Machzor from…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

September 25, 2022

High Holidays

Have We Become Too Sophisticated For Yom Kippur?

Something has changed. In our minds, Yom Kippur has become complicated. The service doesn’t speak to us—the idea of sin no longer resonates. Praying all…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

October 3, 2021

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High Holidays

Yom Kippur With The Rebbe

The highest moment, for me, came at the end of Yom Kippur, when—after fasting for twenty-five hours—we affirmed loudly in unison, with all our energy,…

By Mariashi Groner

September 14, 2021

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High Holidays

Who’s afraid of the Days of Awe?

When my daughter was about five, she wrote a story called “You Should Be Punished For This and I Am Very Mad.” This pretty much…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

September 13, 2021

High Holidays

Home Alone on the Holidays

For many of us, the High Holidays will look quite different this year. This year, we are called upon to lead those services ourselves, to…

By Boruch Werdiger

September 6, 2021

High Holidays

Record Numbers to Hear Shofar in the Parks

Shofar in the Park brings the essence of Rosh Hashanah to the public in a Covid safe, picturesque environment.

By Yoni Brown

September 5, 2021

Features

“G-d” Is Not a Jewish Word

A long pause—I needed to think. Finally, I said: “No, I don’t believe in ‘G-d.’” Another pause. “Not with the meaning that word has in…

By Susan Handelman

September 29, 2020

High Holidays

To Pray Alone: Days of Awe in the Age of Covid-19

Marc Zell was used to traveling, just not like this. The American-Israeli is an international lawyer, and it was his work in political consulting that…

By Boruch Werdiger

September 23, 2020

High Holidays

The Sound Of A Thin Silence

In the hushed stillness between the prayers and the poems, in the breath between the soulful tunes, we hear. Muted sobs, a whispered plea, the…

By Baila Olidort

September 17, 2020

High Holidays

Creative Beginnings: Rosh Hashana 2020

What is Chabad around the world doing for Rosh Hashanah?

By Ashira Weiss

September 16, 2020

Come, Pray, Connect: Minyan, Millenials and Why Services Matter

Over the past two decades, synagogue membership has declined across the United States, with less than one-third of American Jews choosing to affiliate with a…

By Rena Udkoff

September 20, 2018

Helping Hearing-Impaired Hear the Sound of the Shofar

When the time to sound the shofar arrived, one man approached me and, through the interpreter, asked if he was permitted to touch the shofar.…

By Tzvi Lipinski

September 7, 2018