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This year, so much seems beyond belief. The world around us feels beyond our control, beyond our understanding, beyond what we ever imagined we would have to hold. The headlines, the heartbreak, the uncertainty, and the whiplash of change can leave us wondering: How do we carry it all? How do we keep going when so much feels impossible to comprehend?
And yet, somehow, we do. We put one foot in front of the other. We show up, we make new friends, we fall in love, we change jobs, we create, we laugh. In so doing, we choose hope. In moments like these, to believe—in ourselves, in one another, in the possibility of a different future—is not naive, it is radical.
Jewish tradition has a word for this kind of spirit: kotzer ruach, which translates to “shortness of spirit” or “a constriction of the soul.” It appears in the Torah to describe a moment when people are so overwhelmed by suffering that they cannot take in words of hope or direction from Moses. But poet and rabbi Rachel Barenblat offers a different reading: perhaps kotzer ruach is not just despair, but the feeling of having a spirit that is stretched thin. It is a reminder that we need practices, community, and ritual to help expand our capacity to breathe again.
The High Holidays invite us into that expansion. They are a sacred pause, a chance to return to ourselves and each other. This year, come breathe, gather, and receive the spiritual wisdom to hold what feels beyond belief. You may discover that belief itself is what helps us move beyond what feels impossible. After all, the High Holidays are not about having all the answers. They are about asking better questions and making sure we have a place to ask them together.