Rosh HaShanah

Morasha Classes

• Rosh HaShanah I: Meeting Our “Author”
• Rosh HaShanah II: The Big Bang and Me
• Rosh HaShanah III: Simanim & Tashlich – Serious Excitement

Programming Ideas

• High Holidays Guides, Prayer Companions & Resources
• How to Run High Holidays Learner’s Minyan and Classes
• 2001: A Space Odyssey Workshop

 Tools

• Machzor Rosh Hashanah (Nusach Ashkenaz) by Sefaria
• Machzor Rosh Hashanah (Nusach Sefard) by Sefaria
• The Rosh Hashanah Machzor Companion for Teens
• Real Questions & Answers to enhance your Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by Mi Yodeya
• Rosh Hashanah Questions Sample
• Rosh Hashanah Simanim Sample
• Elul Accounting Checklist – Men, by Yeshiva Ateres Shimon
• Elul Accounting Checklist – Women, by Yeshiva Ateres Shimon
• Elul Accounting Checklist – Boys, by Yeshiva Ateres Shimon
• Elul Accounting Checklist – Girls, by Yeshiva Ateres Shimon
• Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur Davening in ZIPped files – Separated into individual pieces (different recording).
• The Appropriate Order of Blowing the Shofar

Get Ideas From Other Rosh Hashanah And Yom Kippur Programs To Strengthen Yours

• Rav Asher’s Listing of Programs in USA and England

Articles

• Rosh HaShanah: Day of the Future by Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
• Rosh HaShanah Teshuva MeAhava by Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
• Malchuyos, Zichronos and Shofros by Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
• Rosh Hashana Insight by Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
• Rosh Hashanah and Malchus, from the Torah of Rav Yaakov Weinberg zt”l
• Two Days of Rosh Hashanah, Chidushei Rabbi Yaakov Moshe (in hebrew)
• Rosh Hashanah and Alcoholics Anonymous, by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
• Rabbi What’s a Shofar, by Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff
• The Ray Rice Video – We are all caught on tape. A timely Rosh Hashanah lesson, by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
• Happiness on Rosh HaShanah? by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz.
• Rabbi Noson Weisz: Why Judgment?
  On Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgment, we don’t spend the day pleading for our lives to be spared. Why Not?
• High Holidays Part I by Rabbi Yochanan Schnall 
  A basic summary of holiday laws In a clear and simple style.
• Eruv Tavshilin by Rabbi Yochanan Schnall
  Expanation and halachos.
• Abridged Rosh Hashana Halachos – by Rabbi Yochanan Schnall
  A simplified version of the halachos for the newly observant.
• Malchuyos, Zichronos and Shofros – Rabbi Yochanan Schnall
  A thoughtful d’var Torah based on the Michtav M’Eliyahu.
• Jews Don’t Say Happy New Year by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
• Kneeling on the Floor by Halachically Speaking
• 613 Seeds in a Pomegranate… Bubba Maysa?
• Sample vort and a story for Rosh Hashanah by Yossi Goldberg
• Rav Hirsch on Shofar
• Private Letter Before Rosh Hashanah, by Sholom Binyomin Ginsberg
• 3 Steps to Preparing for This Rosh Hashanah by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
• Rosh Hashanah: It’s Not about Who’s Been Naughty or Nice by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith
• Seven Questions People Ask About Rosh Hashanah by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
• Shofar: Shock Treatment by Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
• The Importance of Beginnings – Rosh Hashana by Rabbi Akiva Tatz

Websites

• Torah.org essays and Insights into Rosh HaShanah
• Aish.com on Rosh Hashanah
• Yamim Noraim Resources from impactfulcoaching.com
• www.highholidayservice.com
• Ohr.edu
• Jewish Interactive Educational Resources for Rosh HaShana
• Aishaudio
• Lehavin – Shiurim of HaRav Moshe Shapira zt”l (Hebrew)
• NCSY Education – Infographics, Text-based sessions, Articles, Audio, Activities
• Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
• TorahAnytime
• TorahDownloads
• YUTorah.org

Audio Shiurim

RABBI MORDECHAI BECHER 

• Does G-d Have To Forgive Us On Rosh Hashanah

RABBI EFREM GOLDBERG

• Binding Ourselves to Rosh Hashana: 3 Akeidah Lessons for this Year
• Talking Tashlich: Where Did it Come From and What is it About?
• Silly Superstition or Real Omens: Eating Simanim on Rosh Hashana

RABBI ARYE LEIBOWITZ

RABBI AHRON LOPIANSKY

• Understanding the Concept of Malchuyos on Rosh Hashanah
• Choosing Life: The Life that is Yours (Ohr Gedaliahu on Rosh Hashana)

NER YISROEL RABBINICAL COLLEGE

• Divrei Torah for the Yamim Noraim from Ner Yisroel Rabbinical College

RABBI YAAKOV B. NEUBURGER

• Tashlich & Simanim

RABBI ZVI SOBOLOFSKY

• Rosh Hashana and Simchas Yom Tov

RABBI AKIVA TATZ

• Rosh Hashana: Reaching the Root
• Rosh Hashana and the Freedom of Will
• Judgment of Rosh Hashanah
• Preparing for Rosh Hashana 

RABBI MICHAEL TAUBES

• Shofar: A Call to Return

RABBI MOSHE WEINBERGER

• The Avodah of Rosh Hashanah for Our Generation

Classes and Source Sheets

• Underlying Values & Concepts of Rosh Hashana by Rabbi Dr. Nachum Amsel
• Shemitas Kesafim & Pruzbul Shiur Source Sheet , by Rabbi Dov Chastain
• The Shofar: Implement of War or Instrument of Music? by Rabbi David Markowitz based on a shiur by Rabbi Yitzchak Feldheim

Children’s Acitivities

• Free Coloring Book Pages for Rosh HaShanah Black and white coloring pages with Rosh Hashanah scenes are available to download and print.
• Free Torah Tots Coloring Pages Black and white coloring pages with Rosh Hashanah scenes are available to download and print.
• Mitzvah Hunt Download this iPad app that teaches about doing good deeds in the new year.
• iThank You Download this iPad app and focus on saying thank you to Hashem for everything.
• Rosh Hashana project ideas See amazing Rosh Hashana projects that children around the world have created.
• Shofar 4 Kidz Download this multi-media app that tells the history and plays the sounds of the Shofar.

Video

• Rosh Hashanah: Where is the Confession? by Mr. Charlie Harary
• Rosh Hashanah: Are You In? by Rabbi Eitiel Goldwicht
• Was It Worth Creating The World For Me? by Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

Me, Myself & Tie

Sicha on Rosh Hashana, by Rav Yecheskel Weinfeld

Rosh Hashanah: Endless Potential! – by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner

Avraham Fried and the Prague Symphony Orchestra, “Ki Hamitzvah”, click here for lyrics