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Sukkot Coloring Book As the leaves turn, dive into this coloring book with activities for kids of all ages—no sukkah needed! Turn & Return The journey comes to a close in this guide to the High Holidays, with space for integration.  Simchat Torah: Exploring Joy Embrace joy with this English/Spanish resource from Jewtina y Co. Sukkot Recipes  Discover delicious harvest foods with our Sukkot Recipe booklet. Simchat Torah Celebration Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to celebrate with our faves for Simchat Torah.  Sukkot Gathering Make it meaningful with friends and family this week with our gathering guide!

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Turn & Return The journey continues as we move through Sukkot with joy and ancestral connection.  Sukkot Coloring Book Whether you build a sukkah or not, our coloring book has fun fall activities for the whole family Simchat Torah: Exploring Joy Embrace joy with this English/Spanish resource from Jewtina y Co. Sukkot Favorites Spend all week exploring our favorite ideas for celebrating Sukkot, a time for joy & happiness   Sukkot Activity Guide  Download all the traditional Sukkot blessings, and discover new ways of making the holiday special  Simchat Torah Celebration Now is the perfect time to start planning your Simchat Torah dance party!

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Yom Kippur starts tonight—and if you're feeling unprepared, you're not alone. The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur always seem to fly by. As the gates are closing, I'm finding solace on [email protected] with this Yom Kippur Ritual guide. If you're hosting a break fast, plan ahead with our Break Fast booklet, and for an alternative to services download the Annual Review guide from our partners at Shomer Collective.

And there's still time to connect with friends and family through joining or hosting a gathering this Sukkot. Looking for something in-person? Check out this weekend yoga retreat and find your inner zen. Need something virtually accessible? Mark the end of the shmita year in community.

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Before Yom Kippur Begins on Tuesday Night...
Spend Time Reconnecting this Shabbat

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The rituals of Yom Kippur – fasting, wearing white, refraining from acts of pleasure, reciting prayers of confession, function as an annual dress rehearsal for death. In the field of psychology, “positive life review” is a tool used to promote reflection on one’s past in order to make peace with the present. Using our own positive life review as well as a reflection on our mortality, our partners at Shomer collective will guide us through creating personal Yom Kippur confessions to prepare for entering the new year.

To do the positive life review exercise with Rabbi Melanie, explore Shomer Collective's booklet Annual Review: DIY Yom Kippur Confession. 

Shomer Collective recommends checking out the [email protected] version of the Al Chet prayer with positive and negative confessions, the website A Mitzvah to Eat, the text of the Yom Kippur Vidui, and the text of the final confessional end of life Vidui. 

Find more Yom Kippur rituals on [email protected]. 

Stay in touch with Shomer Collective through their website and email [email protected]

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Return to yourself this High Holiday season by getting in touch with your innate creativity. Creativity lives in all of us, but the pressures of daily life can sometimes get in the way of our creative expression. In this webinar, our community manager Ryn Silverstein guides you through practices of movement and craft making to cultivate a greater sense of connection to the creative depths within.

For more creative mindfulness prompts and rituals, check out our High Holidays booklet, Turn & Return

Zine-making steps: 

• Step 1: Fold your sheet of paper in half. Fold it again into quarters, and then one more time so that it's folded into eighths. 

• Step 2: Open your paper so that it is folded in half. Cut halfway across the middle from the fold. When you open your paper it should have a slit in the middle.

• Step 3: Fold your paper lengthwise (along the crease that has the slit). Hold the paper at either end, then push the ends in toward each other. The sections should fold into each other to form an eight-page booklet.

• Step 4: Now it’s time for you to fill in your blank booklet and turn it into a zine! How you fill it in is completely up to you. You can plan or sketch out your content before making it final, or just wing it. Use the basic supplies only or add extra elements. If you want to just write and not use images, that’s cool too.

Optional zine prompts: 

• What’s on your heart? 

• What feels alive for you?

• What's one thing you’d like to turn towards this High Holiday Season? 

• What's one thing you’d like to leave behind? 

• How would you most like to feel this High Holiday Season? 

• What's holding you back from feeling that way? 

• What's one thing you can do to support yourself to feel that way? 

• What's one new holiday tradition you’d like to try this season, and why?

From Adva Chattler & Hila Ratzabi of Ritualwell: 

Blessed are you, Yah, Mother of Creation, who blesses us with your inspiration, to partner with you in the act of creation.