Shabbat Selichot

Overview

Friday, September 11 - 6pm

On this last Shabbat of the Jewish year of 5780, we’ll acknowledge the difficulties and challenges of the past months, both physically and emotionally. Through the ritual changing of the Torah covers, poem, prayer and song, we’ll recognize that we can begin the New Year when we are “in the middle”.

Explorations

You can read this article to begin thinking about these difficulties and challenges...

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/selichot-prayers-of-repentance/

...and use the exercise in this piece to dig even deeper:

https://reformjudaism.org/blog/new-years-we-can-revisit-rosh-hashanah-goals-and-try-again