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GO TO ISRAEL
In general, traveling to Israel
on the High Holidays is a more
special experience than traveling to the
Jewish state during nearly any other
time of year, explains Arnold, whose
daughter is studying in Israel for the
year.
Arnold says Israelis have a reputa-
tion for being rude or pushy, but dur-
ing the Hebrew month of Elul — the
month leading up to Rosh Hashanah
— Israelis tend to mellow out.
“It’s like they know it instinctively,”
Arnold says with a laugh. “Their
Jewish souls come out and they know
it is the Yamim Noraim [High Holy
Days] and they better get themselves
together.”
The whole country prepares with
holiday festivals, music, delicious holi-
days foods and smells, he says.

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HOLD A DISCUSSION
GROUP
Skipping the rabbi’s sermon?
Write your own and invite oth-
ers to hear it. Klein has tapped into
several online resources, such as
MyJewishLearning.com, to provide
fodder for discussion at the table, or
for her son and his friends to discuss
in an intimate setting. Gross, too, says
that using online content and hosting
a discussion group can help you learn
about the holiday and then share those
insights with others.

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MAKE AN ELUL
REFLECTION CALENDAR
If you want to get an early start,
make an Elul reflection calendar, says
Gross.
Create a pie chart divided by the

Hebrew months. Break each pie down
by the number of days in that month.
On each slice, record a guided medita-
tion question, or something you want
to work on. Then, every morning or
before bed, read it and reflect.
Here, too, Gross says, there are
plenty of online trigger questions if
you need guidance.

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PICNIC
Mount Washington’s Moses says
hosting or attending a holiday
picnic brings people together, offer-
ing a venue to eat traditional foods
and spend time in nature at the same
time. While the children are playing,
the adults can host the aforementioned
discussion group or meditate under
the open sky.

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PRAY OUTSIDE
In general, being outside is a
good way to infuse spiritual-
ity into your holiday. Transform your
backyard, a park or forest into a syna-
gogue and pray.
Most years, Moses attends Baltimore
Hebrew Congregation’s “Rosh
Hashanah Under the Stars” program,
which offers an alternative Jewish New
Year get-together for members and
non-members.
“There are thousands of people
there, right under the stars, with no
ceiling above you,” Moses says. “You
feel like you are one with nature, with
each other and with God — whatever
sense of God there is.”
On years she cannot make the ser-
vice, she and her family might travel to
Ocean City, Md., instead.
“We’ll just sit there and listen to the
ocean,” she says.

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