Masorti Olami is happy to share a special resource that we created for our Masorti/Conservative communities around the world: our calendar of Jewish Holidays and National Dates in Israel for 5787.

Available in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian, the calendar can be used digitally and saved directly to your phone, printed at home, or made into a fridge magnet at a local print shop.

❱❱ 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)

📄 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 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

📄 Get ready for the High Holydays with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur melodies for congregants, resources for Children’s and Family Services and High Holydays leyning (Torah chanting). Shema Koleinu, the Masorti Prayer skills resource, has everything you need.

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🌐 From Masorti Judaism in the UK

📄 Nine Symbols to Bring Blessings to Your Rosh HaShanah Table • A time-honored Jewish holiday practice imbues food with symbolic significance for the upcoming year: the attribution of simanim, “symbols.” By participating in this tradition, we eat our wishes and connect with God through food, intertwining words with flavors and emotions. 

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🌐 From Exploring Judaism

📄 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)