Explore our Yom Kippur events for you and your little one!
Explanation
Rosh Hashanah is just the beginning of the new year festival. Ten days after Rosh Hashanah comes Yom Kippur, a day focused entirely on apologizing for our actions over the past year.
On Yom Kippur adults do not eat in order to focus on apologizing for past mistakes and preparing for the year ahead. When explaining Yom Kippur to young children, it can be helpful to frame the holiday as “I’m Sorry Day.” While children may be too young for some of the rituals associated with Yom Kippur, like fasting, kids of all ages understand the weight of “saying sorry” and “doing better.”
Videos
Suzie and Saying Sorry
“The Hardest Word” read by Rabbi Deborah Goldberg
Avinu Malkeinu with Cantor Stefano Iacono
Do
Create A Kindness Wheel for Yom Kippur
PJ Library
Self Portrait Inclusivity Exercise
PJ Library
Do a Mitzvah a Day at Home
PJ Library
Watch
Learn about Yom Kippur with Shalom Sesame: Saying Sorry
Sesame Street
Shalom Sesame: Word of the Day – Sorry
Sesame Street
For Grown-Ups
A Guide to the High Hoidays at Home
PJ Library
Giving Tzedakah: Donate to the Food Drive!
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
A Parent’s Must-Have Guide to the High Holidays
ReformJudaism.com
Learn About Yom Kippur with Shalom Sesame: Saying Sorry
ReformJudaism.org & Shalom Sesame