One of the best ways to start the high holiday season, with joy, singing our hearts out for forgiveness.

The Selihot* prayers are a series of prayer-poems (piyyutim) all about mercy and forgiveness as we prepare (and sing throughout) the High Holidays. Featuring guest musicians Faisal Zedan (Percussion), Eliyahu Sills (Ney – Arabic & Turkish Flute) Hazzan Asher Levy, Rabbi Noa Kushner, and Kitchen davening team will lead the way.

Think: lots of energy, forgiveness for all, a reunion (it has been a long summer!), and ending with tea and sweets from Loquat Bakery.

For anyone who’s in: We’ll be tying red threads on everyone’s left wrists for the season, too. It’s a kabbalistic tradition and we think it’s also a good reminder of what we’re all trying to do this time of year.

*There’s a custom to rise before dawn to recite these prayers which ask Heaven for compassion and help. In Sephardic traditions, Selihot is recited from the beginning of the month of Elul through Yom Kippur, 40 days, the same amount of time Moses spent on Mount Sinai.