High Holy Days Poetry
Please enjoy these High Holy Day poems as a supplement to your High Holy Day worship.
Prayer Lesson 27 – Removing the Torah from the Ark
The opening lines for the Torah service don’t talk about [...]
Prayer Lesson 25 – “G-d, Guard my Tongue” – the Meditation After the Amidah
The great writer Jorge Luis Borges once wrote, “Don’t speak [...]
Prayer Lesson 24 – The Blessing of Peace
The final blessing of the Amidah is the blessing of [...]
Prayer Lesson 23 – The 6th Blessing of the Amidah, “Modim”
The most important words in any language are those that [...]
Prayer Lesson 22 – The Avodah blessing of the Amidah
The fifth blessing of the Shabbat amidah (which is the [...]
Prayer Lesson 21 – The Middle of the Amidah
All amidah prayers—weekday, Shabbat, holiday, high holiday—consist of the same [...]
Prayer Lesson 20 – Nachem (“Comfort”)
A prayer of consolation for Tisha B’Av This week, we [...]
Prayer Lesson 19—A Prayer for Light
Someone recently asked me if we have a prayer for [...]
Prayer Lesson 18 – Keeping on Our Toes – the Third Blessing of the Amidah
The high point of the amidah is found in the [...]