How to Attempt Teshuvah in the Face of the Flood
Kol Nidrei 5787 | Rabbi Hannah Spiro In a midrash, a commentary, on the Yom Kippur parsha, the Zohar imagines that when God was getting ready
Kol Nidrei 5787 | Rabbi Hannah Spiro In a midrash, a commentary, on the Yom Kippur parsha, the Zohar imagines that when God was getting ready
Rosh Hashanah Morning 5787 | Rabbi Hannah Spiro I got an incredible, life-changing opportunity this year. Thanks to you, thanks to my incredible coworkers and
Student Rabbi Lev DePaolo | Erev Rosh Hashanah 5787 Tonight I want to talk to you about shame. That cheeks burning, pit in your stomach,
Student Rabbi Lev | Ne’ilah 5787 “How do you pray?” someone asked me recently. After I clarified why they were asking, they said, “Well, I
Yom Kippur 5787 | Eva Epstein Fasting to me was always just something you did to solidify being written into the book of life. It
Yom Kippur 5787 | Brittany Schibuola Standing here today, I keep coming back to one word: belonging. When I think about Hill Havurah, belonging here
Hill Havurah High Holiday Machzor (2019) ▶ download the PDF here
This machzor builds upon an edition originally created in 2005 by Hill Havurah lay leader Laurie Solnik, with assistance from Michael Allen, and was further developed in 2019 by Michael Allen and Rabbi Hannah Spiro
This edition was truly a community effort, shaped by many loving hands along the way. We are deeply grateful to Klielle Glanzberg-Krainin for the kavod—the care, dedication, and countless hours she devoted to bringing this project together. We also thank Sarah Burford for creating the beautiful cover artwork with such thoughtfulness and skill, and the Hill Havurah Ritual Committee for their partnership and wisdom throughout the process: Eric Paisner, Marlene Zakai, Erica Pressman, Kelli Raboy, and Jayme Stroud.
This machzor draws from many sources and seeks to provide attribution whenever possible. It includes limited, credited excerpts from works not in the public domain, which we believe constitute fair use for the purposes of education, study, and communal prayer.