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Essays for the High Holidays

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Rabbi Nadya Gross and Reb Simcha Paull Raphael, Phd: In Preparation for Yizkor

Rabbi Jess Belasco: Re-Envisioning Tashlikh

Chloe Zelkha: Nothing So Whole as a Broken God

Louis Newman: Forgiveness

Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz: Where Are You? Ayekah? A Beginner’s Guide to Spiritual Practice

Rabbi Josh Feigelson: What Does Your Heart Say? A Hasidic Interpretation of Prayer

How Can We Pray to God for Compassion? Listen to Rabbi Nathan Kamesar’s reflections on a recent Evolve podcast.

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