Selichot Service

Selichot, a gorgeous, uplifting service filled with song and conversation that promises to get you thinking in new ways that will open your heart for the season ahead.

One of the big cultural moments this summer was Barbie, which generated passionate interest, commentary, disagreement, engagement—and ticket revenue. Also excitement: pink balloons, pink clothing, intense feelings.

There are 70 faces of Torah. There are 70 faces of Barbie. But one of Barbie’s questions is: how do we dance, how do we attain carefree joy, in the face of our mortality? That is also a question of our High Holiday liturgy? Can we be lead lives of joy and consequence given the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune to which all human beings are heir?

At Selichot, we will watch a few short clips that engage these timeless questions, and we will study a text from the Talmud Yoma that responds to the questions Barbie raises.

Join us in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary or via livestream here.

View our service booklet here.

View Rabbi Gardenswartz’s texts here.

View songsheet here.