High Holiday Season Discussions on the Avodah Mailing List
This is a specialized index to discussions found on the Avodah mailing list index http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/ I tried to keep the index in chronological, rather than alphabetical, order. I often only slightly changed the subject headings as recorded by the posters for purposes of indexable arrangement. As there were many duplicate headings (based on varying transliterations and spellings), I attempted to reduce the duplication by deleting headings (but not the postings!) that were covered elsewhere. However, I did not impose systematically an editorial policy of transliteration uniformity between different headings. Also, I often did not actually (re)read the posts themselves so please forgive, and bring to my attention, cases where posts are misplaced or irrelevant vis a vis the primary heading. Furthermore, please bring to my attention posts that were unintentionally left out but belong here.
Key to abbreviations: RH=Rosh haShanah; YK=Yom Kippur; AYT=Aseret Yeme Teshuvah.
I. PREPARATION FOR YAMIM NORA’IM
Le-David, Hashem Ori
Le-David: in German Siddurim
Shofar after Maariv during Elul
Selichos before RH
Selichos, time of
Selichos Saturday night/ Mincha-Menucha/ Hashgocho
Selichos, First day
Selichos, Pre-Midnight
Selichos, morning
Selichos
Selichos on a fast day
Selichos hayom
Selichos, streamlined
Selichos and AYT
13 middot
Praying to angels
Aval anachnu chatanu
Al Tashlichenu L'eys Ziknoh..
Avinu malkenu and selichos
Hatarat nedarim
Hatarat Nedarim for one's wife
Hatarat Nedarim: nezirut
Hatarat Nedarim u-Qelalot
Hatarat nedarim with a shaliach
Going to Uman for RH
Teshuvah
Teshuvah in Elul
Tehuvah Season
Teshuvah - postive or negative?
Teshuvah and non-Jews
Teshuvah vs Gehenom
Mechilah, Blanket
Mechilah, Asking
Haftarot Elul-Tishri
II. ROSH HA-SHANAH
Tishrei/Tishri?
Tishre, Birchas Hachodesh
2 RH Questions
3 meals on RH
Simanim, RH dinner
Fish on RH
Fish on RH/simcha
Shofar and Guf Naki
Shofar in the morning
Shofar on RH
Teki`ah - teru'ah
Shofar on Shabbos
liturgy
Shir ha-Ma`alos mi-ma`amakim
Hallel
Un-saneh Tokef
Discrepancy in RH Mussaf
Yomim Noraim Liturgy - Ramblings
Ketivah va-hatimah tovah
G'mar Chasima Tovah
Incorrect Hebrew in the payet?
piyyutim
"Midas Harachamim"
Bowing on RH
nusach question
Fasting on RH
Avel davening on AYT
III. SHABBAT SHUVAH
IV. YOM KIPPUR
Ancient form of Kaparot still in vogue
Kaparos? For PETA’s Sake!
Kaparos, most of us do
Kaparos Report - JP Machberes
Kaparos on Tisha B'Av
Kaporos, rationalism and the titles of the Simanim
Fasting on YK
Liturgy
Kol Nidre
Al Cheit and Sin.....
Al Chets
Amitz Koach/Ata Konnanta
Selichot, YK [Shacharis, Musaf, Minchah]?
Selichot, YK [Ne`ilah]
Ko Kayli, Hoshanos, and HaShem HaShem on YK
Avodas Yom HaKippurim- texts of the Avodah
Harugei Malkhut
Ne'ilah, dukhening
Kiddush Levanah on Motzoei YK
Break on YK
V. MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS
Why does RH come BEFORE YK?
RH
RH Vort: "Order In The (High) Court"
Hashem judging on RH
RH at the End of the Year
RH 32b: There's Hope For Everyone
Tashlich vertlech from the Satmar Rebbe
A few vertlech for AYT
Thoughts for AYT
Elul vs AYT
Dor Revi'i on kol shofarot k'sheirot and the Akeidah
Kapparah
Dor Revi'i on ha-omeir eheta v'yom ha-kippurim m'khapeir
Thoughts on YK Viduy (nusach)
Throngs on YK
YK drasha
YK drasha - request for critique
YK - Fast and Feast
YK Notes
YK: Two thoughts
Three Motzoei YK points
YK vs Tish`ah be-Av
YK/Purim Lots
Yisrael Dubitsky, Elul 5768