Unlocking the Soul of the High Holy Days - Session 1: Unetaneh Tokef
Wed, Aug 12
|(In-Person at Or Ami)
Before the Days of Awe arrive, join Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Rabbi Elana Rabishaw for three mornings exploring the prayers that shape the High Holy Days. You bring: yourself, your breakfast, your questions. We’ll provide: coffee, community, and compelling conversation. Open to the Community.
Time & Location
Aug 12, 2026, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
(In-Person at Or Ami), 26115 Mureau Rd # B, Calabasas, CA 91302, USA
About the event
The most powerful moments of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are shaped by just a handful of extraordinary prayers.
Unetaneh Tokef. Kol Nidrei. Ashamnu. Avinu Malkeinu.
These are the prayers that challenge us, comfort us, unsettle us, and ultimately transform us. They ask life’s biggest questions: Who will we become? How do we stand before God? Can we truly change? What does forgiveness require of us?
Before the Days of Awe arrive, join Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Rabbi Elana Rabishaw for three mornings exploring the prayers that shape the High Holy Days. Together we’ll uncover their origins, wrestle with their theology, discover the beauty of their poetry, and explore why these ancient words continue to speak with such urgency today.
When these sacred words fill our sanctuary this year, you won’t simply recognize the melodies. You’ll discover the journey they invite us to take and enter the High Holy Days with…