About the month of Tishrei  Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah basics "May it be your will": Blessings for special Rosh Hashanah foods The day of the concealed moon: Why and wherefore? Reasons for sounding the shofar: From a tenth-century philosopher, Saadiah Ga'on Crime, punishment, and fire alarms: Rosh Hashanah parables, Alexander A. Steinbach The ram's horn, the horn and the unicorn: The shofar in Jewish art, Ida Huberman The Shofar Blower by Yiddish poet Kadya Molodowsky, trans. and comm. Kathryn Hellerstein God the accused: Twentieth-century reflections on Rosh Hashanah, Elie Wiesel Two poems of introspection, by Yehuda Amichai "Cast your sins into the depths of the sea": The symbolic ceremony of Tashlikh, Julius Greenstone  Yom Kippur Yom Kippur basics Community confession: Renewing the national compact, Herman Wouk Every day is a Day of Atonement: from Reb Azrielke's discourse in The Dybbuk, S. An-Ski Let's discuss that chicken: Yom Kippur atonement (kapparot) ceremony Jonah the reluctant prophet: Parable and allegory Loyal Sins: A poem by Jacob Glatstein Jonah: A poem by Gabriel Preil Kol Nidrei: Musical traditions from east to west: Historical background and five musical examples Kol Nidrei ("All our Vows"): A modern poem based on the ancient prayer, Zeev Falk Forgiveness Hymns Moroccan Style by Yoel Ben-Simhon The boy's song: A famous tale of the Ba'al Shem on Yom Kippur, retold by Meyer Levin Hasidic tales and teachings concerning the Days of Awe, Philip Goodman  Sukkot & Simhat Torah Sukkot basics Ushpizin: Guests in the sukkah and tikkun olam Etrog: Fruit of the goodly tree: Much ado about nothing or a powerful symbol?, Erich and Rael Isaac The tzaddik's etrog by Shmuel Yosef Agnon Simhat Torah basics The story of the melody, Shmuel Yosef Agnon The Jewish calendar: How it is calculated and when it was established The Jewish calendar: Solar/lunar structure The zodiac in Jewish tradition