Judaism teaches that ruach, the Hebrew word for wind or spirit, is what animates all of life. Ruach is life itself. Awakening inspiration in ourselves means reanimating our lives with vitality, purpose, and spiritual significance. Awakening ruach, inspiration, is what the High Holidays is all about. Each year, our sacred calendar brings a month of reflection, renewal, and reconnection with one purpose, namely, to awaken us to the path of inspiration. As the shofar is sounded, we recognize that same life force — that same ruach which animates all of life — beckoning us to live more fully, love more courageously and act more justly.

Led by clergy team Rabbi Elka Abrahamson and music director Elana Arian, the services will provide us once again with extraordinary opportunities for reflection, self-assessment, prayers of gratitude, and time for memory. 

Thanks to the Rabbi Peter Rubinstein Fund for the Jewish Future, we are pleased to be able to make subscriptions to all the services, together with tickets to individual services, available at affordable rates. Details are available here.