High Holy Days 2026/5787
Poetry & Meditation
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Reimagined
Return home. Return to your center.
Join Rabbi Jill and Rabbi Francine Roston online for two non-traditional High Holy Day gatherings. This year, we turn to poetry as our guide — wonderful poems that help us center ourselves, held together by meaningful texts and quiet meditation between each one.
After all we have carried this year, this season is offered as a place to rest and heal — restorative, soulful, and warm. Each gathering leaves room to breathe, to feel, and to be held — from wherever you are in the world.
Everyone who registers will receive both recordings, so you’re welcome to join us live or settle in with them later.
High Holy Days of the Heart: Warmth, Welcome, Belonging & Community
You are invited into a soul-filled online High Holy Day experience— we meet live online so you can join from wherever you are.
After a year that has asked so much of us, we need a gentle way in — wisdom, comfort, and space to simply be. Together we will hear wonderful poetry, sit with meaningful texts, and meditate between poems, letting each one settle before we move to the next.
Join Rabbi Jill Zimmerman & Rabbi Francine Roston for three hours of poetry and meditation, offered across two gatherings.
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When?
Saturday, September 12
Opening To Your New Year: Poetry and Meditation for Rosh Hashanah
Led by Rabbi Jill & Rabbi Francine
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
Theme: New Creation & Rebirth. On Rosh Hashanah, a new world is born. Our theme this year is anchored by Arundhati Roy’s words, “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way,” as woven into Aly Halpert’s song “She’s On Her Way.” We will explore poetry of new beginnings and starting over — of the old dying so the new can be born. Our meditations will help us settle into this new year and ask: what do we hope to create — within ourselves, in the world, and in our community?
Saturday, September 21
Nurturing Forgiveness: Poetry and Meditation for Yom Kippur
Led by Rabbi Jill & Rabbi Francine
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
Theme: Forgiveness. On Yom Kippur, we turn toward forgiveness, held through three meditations: forgiving ourselves, forgiving others, and receiving forgiveness — reflecting Judaism’s distinct understanding that some repair happens between us and each other, and some between us and the Divine. We will draw on the poetry of Alicia Ostriker, Mary Oliver, Yehuda Amichai, and Marge Piercy to sit with release, repair, and return.
Cost
Our community is an oasis of warmth, welcome, and wisdom—a place where everyone can find meaningful connection and spiritual renewal.
Your participation includes access to our High Holiday gatherings for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur day. You’ll also gain access to our private discussion space for deeper connection.
Creating this meaningful experience requires significant resources and preparation.
- To join us: $360
- Current Hineni Members: $180 (for 2026 only)
Everyone who registers will receive both recordings so that even if you are unable to attend live, you can enjoy the experience at your own convenience.
If finances are a concern, please reach out to us. We have limited scholarship discounts available.
About Our High Holy Day Leaders
This year, Rabbi Francine joins Rabbi Jill to share poetry and lead meditation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We would love for you to be part of this holy, healing time with us. No knowledge or prior experience is needed — only a willingness to sit, listen, and breathe. You are welcome just as you are.
Rabbi Jill Zimmerman
Teacher, Gardener of Plants and Souls, Savta
Rabbi Jill Zimmerman is the founding rabbi of the Path With Heart Community: Jewish Mindfulness For Every Day. A trailblazer in the Jewish virtual world, she began creating online communities long before the pandemic. Rabbi Zimmerman believes that the sacred can manifest in many forms, and she regularly integrates poetry, music, and other creative expressions into her work. She teaches extensively on the intersection of spirituality and mindfulness. Rabbi Jill is also the founder of Hineni, an online Jewish spirituality & mindfulness community. Rabbi Zimmerman is a spiritual activist and speaks out on issues of our time from a Jewish perspective.
Rabbi Jill is the Founder of Path With Heart Community: Jewish Mindfulness For Every Day, and the Hineni Spiritual Community. Jill was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Relgion. She was also trained as a Jewish mindfulness teacher.
Rabbi Francine Roston
Teacher, Wilderness Guide, Resiliency Specialist
Rabbi Francine Roston is a seasoned meditation teacher and spiritual leader who brings mindfulness and compassion to the heart of her work. Through years of guiding individuals and communities, she weaves contemplative practice, embodied awareness, and Jewish wisdom to support resilience, presence, and meaningful inner growth.
Certified teacher of Mindfulness Meditation, trained by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
Trained Community Resiliency Model teacher, specializing in trauma-informed mindfulness and healing. Rabbi Francine founded Glacier Jewish Community/B’nai Shalom. Francine was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary.
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Includes access to recordings and a private community space for follow-up discussion.
Path with Heart Community
With Rabbi Jill Zimmerman
The Path With Heart Community is an accessible, warm, & welcoming Jewish mindfulness project. Our focus is the spiritual & mindful elements of Jewish tradition & their practical application in people’s everyday lives. We are an innovative alternative to traditional synagogue membership. Participants come from around the world, and Hineni members meet virtually bi-monthly for study and Shabbat Meditations, and weekly for Torah Study.