Prayer books

Texts

Gates of Repentance = [Sha'are teshuvah] : the new Union prayerbook for the days of awe. BM 675 H5 Z6.67 1978

Other prayer books can be found in the stacks under: BM 675 H5 (High Holidays) ; BM 675 R6.7 (Rosh ha-Shanah) ; BM 675 Y5.8 (Yom Kippur) or search the catalog under:
High Holidays-Liturgy-Texts
Rosh ha-Shanah-Liturgy-Texts
Yom Kippur-Liturgy-Texts

Commentaries/Guides to the liturgy

Justice and Mercy : Commentary on the Liturgy of the New Year and the Day of Atonement/ Max Arzt. BM 695 N5A8

Prayer and Penitence : Commentary on the High Holy Day Machzor / Jeffrey M. Cohen. BM 675 H5Z7.2 1994

Entering the High Holy Days : a Guide to the Origins, Themes, and Prayers / by Reuven Hammer. BM 675 H5 Z7.28 1998

Works on the holidays

Yom Kippur Anthology / Philip Goodman. BM 695 A8 G6.6
Rosh Hashanah Anthology / Philip Goodman. BM 695 N5G6
Building Jewish life--Rosh ha-Shanah/Yom Kippur / Joel Lurie Grishaver. BM 693 H5 G75 1987
Beginning Anew : a Woman's Companion to the High Holy Days / edited by Gail Twersky Reimer and Judith A. Kates. BM 693 H5B4.4 1997
A faithful heart : preparing for the High Holy Day : study text based on the midrash Maaseh Avraham avinu / Benjamin Levy. BM 517M1.93 2001
Questions and Answers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur / Jeffrey M. Cohen. BM 693 H5C5.6 1997
Rosh hashanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit / Shimon Apisdor. BM 693 H5A8 1992

You can search the catalog under:
Rosh ha-shanah
Yom Kippur
or High Holidays

If you want to browse the shelves, most books will be found under: BM 695 N5 (Rosh ha-Shanah) ; BM 695 A8 (Yom Kippur) ; BM 693 H5 (High Holidays)

Sermons

High Holiday BM 746
Rosh ha-Shanah BM 747 R6

Other sources

Sefer ha-Agadah (Book of Legends) Ref BM 516 B5.4E5 1992, or on CD-ROM as CDD 13, CDD 28c
Moments of Transcendence : Inspirational Reading for Yom Kippur / edited by Dov Peretz Elkins BM 695 A8M6.6 1992
Moments of Transcendence : Inspirational Reading for Rosh Hashanah / edited by Dov Peretz Elkins BM 695 N5M6.7 1992

Music

Scores:

Shire teshuvah = Songs of repentance. (Musical settings to prayers in the Gates of Repentance) M 2187.1 S5.5 2000

Recorded music:

Shirei T’shuva = Songs of repentance / UAHC. Disc CD 21 a-e
Yamim Noraim = Days of Awe / UAHC. Disc CD 20 a-e
Birthday of the world / Western Wind, Leonard Nimoy, narrator. Disc CD 16 & 17
Selihot la-Yamim ha-nora'im be-nusah Yerushalmi / mi-pi ha-.hazanim ‘Ezra Yar.hi v-Mordekhai Kohen. Disc CD 46

Websites

UAHC's Torah Hayim series: http://urj.org/holidays/highholidays/

Judaism 101 / by Tracey Rich: http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday3.htm

Yom Kippur / by Kolel, Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning http://www.kolel.org/pages/holidays/YomKippur_intro.html

Rosh Hashannah by Kolel, Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning http://www.kolel.org/pages/holidays/RoshHashanah_intro.html

Jewish National and University Library, National Sound Archive
http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/music/holydays/holydays.htm

While the Library thinks that these sites are useful, their content is not under our control and may express views that are not shared by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

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Updated 2008