Slichot

Selichot above Jerusalem: An evening of music, reflection and connection

As Jerusalem enters the reflective days before Yom Kippur, a special Selichot concert will bring music, inspiration and history together on a historic rooftop.

Maxim Cohen and Yonatan Hamburger
 Central Selichot services at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. August 24, 2023

The future of our people: Strength, love, safety in our youth - opinion

MIKVEH IN Auckland, New Zealand.

Yom Kippur: The end or the beginning?

IT’S HARD to know what the ‘right’ path might be.

High Holy Days: The work of everyday decency


Center Field: People prefer pious piyutim to pitchfork politics

It was that kind of evening.

Slichot at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, September 2018

Israelis sacrifice chickens to atone for their sins - watch

Kapparot involves the transfer of one's sins to something outside oneself in a short but elaborate process.

Kapparot being performed a day before Yom Kippur.

Notes to be removed from Western Wall

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation is getting ready for the annual note-removal before Rosh Hashana.

Slichot at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, September 2018

Of slihot and synagogues ‏

One of the beauties of living in Israel is how Judaism is very much part of our daily culture.

SLIHOT AT the Western Wall: An experience in unity.

Bontche and the naked emperor – a Slihot parable

The constant repetitions, night or day at Slihot or on Yom Kippur, are very hard to take. Am I alone in these thoughts?

‘THE NAKED Emperor,’ stencil graffiti by Edward von Lõngus in Tartu, Estonia.

Slihot tours

Slihot tours originated in the Old City of Jerusalem, but nowadays you can also find tours in Safed, Peki’in, Tiberias, and Bnei Brak.

Safed

Slihot and song

For the first time, the orchestra will host singer and creator Shuli Rand who will present his songs and the Slihot in his sweeping manner.

Benjamin Bouzaglo