Sheets and Collections
- Top Tefillot for Rosh Hashanah - Deepen your understanding of some of the most central prayers of Rosh Hashanah and reflect on their meaning in our lives today.
- Akedah Project - The Akedah Project explores the story of the Binding of Isaac (“akedah” means “binding” in Hebrew), which is one of the most confounding narratives in the Bible. Traditionally, the Akedah is chanted in synagogue on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. The Akedah Project brings some of the most prominent scholars, teachers, thinkers, activists, and artists to investigate and present the story in their own way. Contributors include Reuven Kimelman, Erica Brown, and Shai Held.
- Three sheets from the Learning with the National Library of Israel collection. The lessons include primary sources from the NLI collection, oral histories from Centropa, and guiding questions. A Tasty New Year - Symbolic Rosh Hashanah Foods, Tashlich - Casting Away One's Sins, and Sending Shana Tova Greetings.
- Sweet Torah for the New Year - These sheets represent some of the Sefaria Learning Team's favorite classics on topics that are core to the High Holiday experience. Learn more about a favorite ritual, discover new ones, or find a great activity for kids or families.
- Understanding Tashlich: Lessons for All Learners - A discussion of the Tashlich service with texts and questions for elementary school, middle school, and high school learners.
- Musician, writer and Torah teacher, Alicia Jo Rabins links musical midrashim with their source texts and other artistic interpretations, inviting teachers, students, and individual learners on a journey through the world of women in Torah. Sarah's Sacrifice and Hannah Raises Her Voice take an innovative look at the women in the center of the Rosh Hashanah Torah and Haftarah readings.
- No Shofar on Shabbat: Two Approaches - Why do you think many communities don’t blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah when it falls on a Shabbat? Compare the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud texts as they present two very different reasons.
Texts
- Return: Daily Inspiration for the Days of Awe - Return: Daily Inspiration for the Days of Awe, by Dr. Erica Brown, includes lessons for the ten-day period beginning with Rosh Hashanah and culminating with Yom Kippur. For each day, the book offers a biblical or rabbinic-themed essay, passages for textual study, and a practical exercise of self-improvement. The result is an engaging dialogue with both text and self, empowering Jews of all backgrounds to connect to the Days of Awe.
- Shaarei Teshuva - Written in Spain in the middle ages by Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerondi, it has been seen as the most important and extensive resource about sin and repentance ever since. Though it can appear daunting to the uninitiated, many master teachers have succeeded in bringing out the profound psychological insights about personal growth and change that are scattered throughout (and especially in the first section) of this book.
- Mishneh Torah: Laws of Repentance
- Machzor collection - Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, Machzor Rosh Hashanah Edot HaMizrach, and more in the liturgy category.
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