Below is a selection of posts and materials we’ve shared over the years for Yom Kippur. Some alumni have asked us for these materials, so we’ve collected a good deal of what we have online into one handy & accessible collection or Yom Kippur Anthology. Please read up on or print desired selections before the holiday to be best prepared for a most meaningful Yom Kippur!
Short Tidbits, Intros, & Running Commentary
YOM KIPPUR TWEETS – short, to the point, crisp essential points in a variety of categories – there’s lots of quick but meaningful material here
YOM KIPPUR MACHZOR NOTES – download & print this PDF booklet for brief running Machzor commentary that we insert in or put alongside the Machzors each year for Yom Kippur services
ARCHWAYS HIGH HOLIDAY EDITION – our online booklet of inspiration shared by alumni, students and Rabbi Mendel, a holiday series published during Covid
New for this year 5783/2023:
HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
About Yom Kippur:
YOM KIPPUR CONVERSATION IN DUTCH QUAD
3 YK MEMORIES OF REBBETZIN CHANA
YOM KIPPUR MESSAGE AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY
About the Machzor – High Holiday Prayerbook:
THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THE MACHZOR
THE FOX, THE LION, AND THE 300 JOKES
OUR NEW MACHZOR INSCRIPTION – UALBANY INSPIRED
ALLESANDRO’S ENCYLOPEDIA AND THE MACHZOR
Some Specific Machzor Commentary – in addition to tweets & Machzor Notes etc above:
WHY DOES RABBI AKIVA SHOW UP AT KOL NIDREI?
THE SAILOR AT THE HELM/ANCHOR POEM
More on Yom Kippur General:
CONFUSING INTERNAL & EXTERNAL BATTERIES
SHOFAR BLOWING IN MARCHING UNIFORM
THE EREV YOM KIPPUR DRUNK or (same story): BYPASSING YOM KIPPUR
THE MUG SHOT STORY (told at The Moth)
THE HANDWRITTEN COVID PRAYER LETTER
THE SCHACH WINDFALL AND THE BOX-TRUCK
Some of our “Yom Kippur Appeals” over the years:
OUR “BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE” APPEAL – to be posted soon