Elul–Tishrei Resources

This page gathers Mussar Blues songs and blog posts related to the season of teshuvah, return—the months of Elul and Tishrei, which includes the High Holy Days.

This season is also called Yamim Nora'im, the Days of Awe. The liturgy of these days helps us tap into the awesome power of teshuvah. It's up to us to use that power, to do teshuvah, to make these days meaningful.

Whether you're clergy, an educator, or an individual seeking to deepen your experience of these awesome days, I hope you find these musical resources helpful.

This audio player cycles through music related to Elul and the High Holy Days.

Links below go directly to the song pages for these recordings, where you can also find lyrics, reflections, middot, and images.

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    Hamabat Kadimah 3:43
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    All We Are — a Kol Nidre Reflection 3:26
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    Limnot Yamenu (Count Our Days) 6:30
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    Shuvi Nafshi 4:14
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Links to Song Pages for Elul & Tishrei

Hamabat Kadimah

It is not looking backward that repairs a person, rather looking ahead.

Looking forward into the new year. 
Who do I want to be?

Hamabat Kadimah

Hin'ni

Hin'ni

“Hin’ni.” Here I am. Why does our liturgy feature this kavanah, this intention-setting prayer, as a gateway to the repetition of the Amidah? It seems to fit on Yom Kippur, but why do we also recite it on Rosh Hashanah? Why does it seem to contradict itself—words of humility straining against centuries of cantorial drama? Perhaps its prominent place...

...Wrap your heart, your hopes, and your fears in the velvet bag of your inner prayer, and add it to the basket we are weaving (our communal expression of the liturgy). Together, we shall place it beside the throne of the Infinite One... Know that I, too, feel inadequate to the task, and yet together, we are enough...read more

Hin'ni