We will prepare for the High Holidays by focusing on three key parts of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Machzorim: the medieval poems (piyyutim), the Selichot service of Erev Yom Kippur, and the Avodah section of Yom Kippur Musaf. We’ll explore decoding techniques, weave together meanings from prayer sequences, and relate ancient Temple rituals to our lives today. Whether you’ve never been to a High Holiday service or been to hundreds, there is something here for you!
Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz received her doctorate from University College London. She is a Teaching Associate in Jewish Studies at the University of Cambridge, and has also lectured at Oxford, and Vassar College, New York. She has taught at the London School of Jewish Studies since 2005. In 2021 she received Orthodox rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Maharat, New York. Her first book, Challenge and Conformity: The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women, was published by the Littman LIbrary of Jewish Civilization in 2021, and she is now working on a history of Limmud. This summer, Rabba Lindsey will be teaching in the afternoons.
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