HOLY DAYS

This page holds materials authored by OHALAH members which relate to holidays and holiday observance, organized by holiday. More coming soon!

Shabbat

• Anim Z'mirot - Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi's English rendering of Anim Z'mirot, "A Hymn of Glory."

Rosh Hashanah

• Discussing the Akedah at Services [pdf] - A teaching by Rabbi Bonnie Koppell.

• Reclaiming Melech - A teaching by Rabbi Marcia Prager, 1993.

• Kavvanah for Tekiah Geodlah - A kavanah for the tekiah gedolah, created by Rabbi Geela Rayzl Raphael. [pdf]

Yom Kippur

• Al Chet She'chatati Lefanecha - A personal version of the "Al chet" prayer, written by rabbinic student Rachel Barenblat, 2008.

Sukkot

• Ushpizin [pdf] - A ritual for inviting honored guests to the sukkah, compiled by Sarina Berlow.

Chanukah

• The Peaceful Maccabbee: A model of rulership for our time -- A dramatized rendition of how Queen Salome Alexandra might have spoken to her people.

Tu BiShvat

• Haggadah for Tu BiShvat - Created by rabbinic student Rachel Barenblat, 2006. [pdf]

• A Tu B'Shvat Seder [pdf] - Created by Rabbi Dennis and Julia Beck-Berman.

• 1-page flowchart haggadah (with Hebrew) - Created by Rabbi David Seidenberg. [pdf]

• Kabbalah and midrash on trees and the Tree of Life - Written by Rabbi David Seidenberg. [Word]

Birkat ha-Chamah

• Birkat ha-Chamah - A liturgy for the once-every-28-years blessing of the sun, created by Rabbi Marcia Prager, 2009. [pdf]

Pesach

• Velveteen Rabbi's Haggadah for Pesach - A creative, traditional, poetry-filled haggadah created by rabbinic student Rachel Barenblat, 2008. [pdf]