High Holiday Resources
A collection of resources and rituals for the High Holidays from Moving Traditions...
Category Holiday Resources
Shavuot Text Study: We All Stood Together
On this Shavuot, we invite you and the teens in your life to take some time to read and discuss an iconic Jewish feminist poem by Merle Feld. This poem is one that we use both with our Meyer-Gottesman…
Prompting Discussion on Yom Ha’atzmaut
By Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Chief of Program Strategy For many Jews in North America this year, it is particularly important, poignant, and/or challenging to mark Israeli Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut…
Different From All Other Years
Just as Passover is different from all other nights, this year feels different from all other years.
We feel caught in the place between our individual wellbeing and the state of our broader people.
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Urchatz: A Deeper Dive into Handwashing at the Seder
This year, Moving Traditions invites you to slow down while you wash your hands at the start of your seder, and contemplate the depth contained in this underappreciated ritual. Handwashing has t…
The Shalom Center Chapter 9 Project
This Purim, The Shalom Center invited writers, dreamers, and seekers, to reimagine Chapter 9 of the Book of Esther as an exercise in dreaming new worlds, new responses, and new endings into existence....
Finding Joy: A Weekly Jewish Ritual
At a time when it may be hard to find joy, the Hebrew month of Adar is when we are called to increase our happiness, as we build up to the celebration of Purim. What if we could weave a part of the Pu...
Recovering the Lost Sisterhood of Vashti & Esther
A resource for educators This discussion guide invites students to create feminist Midrash by considering: What if Esther and Vashti from the Purim story had met and were in a community together? Read…
Reflect & Repair
A High Holiday Reflection Supporting, mentoring, and raising teens can be rewarding yet challenging, especially at a time when so many teens are in crisis. This year, we took inspiration from th…
The Same, Yet Different at Passover
I love how the calendar of Jewish holidays lends structure to my year. Passover epitomizes this more than any other holiday – replete with strong childhood memories; ritual before, during, and after...