Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice: “Writing Your Way into the Machzor,” with Rabbi Hammerman

Jews spend LOTS of hours — especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur — reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? 

During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid!  No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate conversations among us, and will share what works for them. All sessions will meet at 7:30 on the Tuesday and Thursday evenings of Elul.

We, the “People of the Book,” spend much of Tishrei asking God to inscribe us in the “Book of Life.” However, before we consider the metaphorical Book of Life, let’s take time in Elul to write our own way into the physical book we hold in our hands — the Mahzor.  We will write our own prayers and reflections, guided by the liturgy of the Yamim Nora’im, in order to raise our voices alongside the ancient and medieval words of the Mahzor.  

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