Click below to read a special Dvar Torah from Masorti and MERCAZ Olami Executive Director Rabbi Mauricio Balter about Jewish introspection not being a solitary act and on how Rosh Hashanah invites us to do cheshbon hanefesh (introspection), individual and collective.

❱❱ Rosh Hashanah: The Path of Introspection and Hope

❱❱ Rosh Hashaná: el camino hacia la introspección y la esperanza

Masorti Olami has created a special gift for Masorti/Conservative communities around the world: a calendar of Jewish Holidays and National Dates in Israel for 5786.

In six different languages, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian, the files can be printed at home or, if you prefer as a fridge magnet, sent to a local print shop with the specifications we made available.

❱❱ Click here to download the files

📄 Die vier Daten und drei Namen von Rosch Haschana • "Rosch Haschana, der Anfang des jüdischen Jahres, ist einerseits ein Jahresanfang, so wie es viele gibt, und andererseits etwas ganz besonderes. Jede Kultur hat einen Kalender – man könnte fast sagen, ohne Kalender, ohne eine Zeitorientierung kann es keine Kultur geben."

Klicken Sie hier, um den Artikel von Rabbinerin Gesa Ederberg von der Synagoge Oranienburger Straße in Berlin zu lesen.

🌐 From Synagoge Oranienburger Straße (Berlin, Germany)

📄 5786 Rosh Hashanah Prayer Supplement • Our partners, the Schechter Institutes, Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, and the Masorti Movement in Israel, together with the support of Creating Memory, have produced a 5786 Rosh Hashanah Prayer Supplement. This edition features poems, prose, and reflective graphics designed to enrich your observance of the holy day.

❱❱ Click here to download the file.

🌐 From Shechter Institutes

📄 Children’s Machzor for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur • Running children’s services this year? A parent? Or maybe you just want a refresh? Masorti Judaism in the UK's Shema Koleinu, offers you their Children’s Machzor for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur. It is designed to be meaningful, prayerful, educational and above all, engaging.

❱❱ Click here to download.

🌐 From Masorti Judaism in the UK

📄 Returning to our best selves • Masorti in the UK is sharing its rabbis' thoughts on one idea from each of the ten chapters of Maimonides' Hilchot Teshuvah. In his reflection, Former Masorti Europe Director and Head of the Masorti European Bet Din Rabbi Chaim Weiner remind us what is possible with Teshuva, as taught by Maimonides in Hilchot Teshuva chapter 7.

❱❱ Learn from all reflections here

🌐 From Masorti Judaism in the UK

📄 High Holiday Liturgy: Making Meaning from the Metaphors for God • "The traditional liturgy of the High Holidays does not always feel easy to connect to or relevant. The language may not resonate with our understanding of how the world works, and approaching the God-heavy text can be daunting if we’re not even sure we believe in God.  

Even for those who do consider themselves to be believers, the idea of a male deity who sits on a throne determining our fate for the next year may not accord with our views of The Divine".

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🌐 From Exploring Judaism

📄 Netzach and Hod (Rosh Hashanah) • "(Adapted from Rabbi Friedson’s 5784 Rosh Hashanah sermon.) In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Armenia, killing over thirty thousand people in less than four minutes.

Moments after the deadly tremor ceased, a father raced to the local elementary school to find his son. When he arrived, he saw that the building had been leveled. Looking at the mass of stones and rubble, he remembered a promise he had made to his child: 'No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you.' Tears filled his eyes. Looking at the pile of debris that had once been a school, it seemed hopeless".

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🌐 From Exploring Judaism

Shofar: un sonido milenario | En esta página especial, aprende todo sobre el Shofar, desde su significado y tipos de toques hasta la técnica correcta para tocarlo.

🌐 From Jagim

📄 Besök Judiska Församlingen i Stockholms specialsidor om Rosh Hashanah och Yom Kippur för att hitta information om chagim och en kort Rosh Hashanah-guide på svenska för familjer.

🌐 From Judiska församlingen i Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)