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High Holyday Divrei Torah

These Divrei Torah have been delivered at various High Holiday Services by Rabbi Toba Spitzer.

Also of interest, see Divrei Torah Pages on the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Web site of more then 100 Reconstructionist divrei Torah available for online reading.

By Rabbi Toba Spitzer

Writing Ourselves for Blessing (PDF) Rosh Hashanah 5768
Broken Vessels (PDF) Kol Nidre 5768
Coming Closer (PDF) Yom Kippur 5768

Seek Peace, and Pursue It (PDF) Rosh Hashanah 5767
Telling Our Stories (PDF) Yom Kippur 5767

Seven Things I Learned About Teshuvah from my Sabbatical 5766 (PDF) Erev Rosh Hashanah 5766
The Blessings of Uncertainty (PDF) Rosh Hashanah 5766
Aleynu (PDF) Kol Nidre 5766
A Community of Practice (PDF) Yom Kippur 5766

Finding What We Need (PDF) Erev Rosh Hashanah 5765
From Buffet to Brit: In Celebration of 350 Years (PDF) Rosh Hashanah 5765
The Art of Losing Things (PDF) Kol Nidre 5765
From Buffet to Brit, Part 2: Building our Jewish House (PDF) Yom Kippur 5765

The Path of Sorrow and The Path of Joy (PDF) Erev Rosh Hashanah 5764
For The Sake of the World (PDF) Rosh Hashanah 5764
The Cantonist's Prayer (PDF) Kol Nidre 5764
This is the Fast: Isaiah's Challenge (PDF) Yom Kippur 5764

And Jacob Sat Down—Reflections on Fear (PDF) Rosh Hashanah 5763
Practice (PDF) Kol Nidre 5763
The Seat of Rachamim (PDF) Yom Kippur 5763

The Spiritual Challenge of This Moment (PDF) Unetaneh Tokef 5762
Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Redemption (PDF) Kol Nidre 5762
Hesed in Community (PDF) Yom Kippur 5762

Thirty-One Flavors (PDF) Rosh Hashanah 5761
Israel (PDF) Kol Nidre 5761