Yamim Noraim: Al Chet as Parents

Smiling girl holds a yellow flower with a butterfly on it at a community gathering inside Temple Emanu-El, with other attendees visible in the background.

Dear Temple Emanu-El Families, On Rosh Hashanah, we began these Yamim Noraim thinking about butterflies, about change, transformation, and what it means to emerge from the chrysalis different than we were before. But transformation doesn’t just happen. On Yom Kippur, we recite the Vidui, our communal confession, including the prayer Al Chet. Al Chet literally […]