High Holiday Podcast Episodes
As we mentally and physically prepare for the holidays ahead, I’m taking a moment to share some Talking Away The Taboo podcast episodes relevant for this time of year.
From navigating the holidays through infertility and grief, to our relationship with G-d, listen to these podcasts and more through the 🔗 in bio or stories.
High Holidays | Rosh Hashana | Gd | Emuna | Bitachon | Shofar | Fertility journey
High Holiday Struggles
It’s okay if you don’t feel connected this time of year.
The point is to be in a relationship. If your full prayer experience this high holiday season is one painful sigh and the thought ‘G-d, I wish I could connect more,’ that counts as being in relationship, too.
#roshhashanah #jewishnewyear #jewishlife #jewishwomen #infertility #fertilityjourney #pregnancyafterloss #miscarriage
Tefillah from the sofa
Skipping synagogue but still talking to G-d from your couch? Yeah, us too. We’re gathering those prayers into something beautiful: Tefillah from the Sofa. Send yours by Sept 17.
Link in stories or in our bio to submit
Rosh Hashana | prayer | davening | fertility struggles | high holidays
Rosh Hashana Story
“I thought that after everything I have been through - my mother’s cancer, getting married at 36, losing my job last year, my husband finding out that he had no sperm, doing all the tests and procedures, waiting and waiting and waiting, that this year would finally be our time. We had so much hope.
And now, I have nothing. We keep getting bad news after bad news, and I don’t know how much more I can take.
I really thought I was going to be pregnant by this year, and now I just don’t know what to feel.
I’m angry, sad, and numb most of the time. I hardly go out. And I don’t even know if I can go to shul (synagogue) on Rosh Hashanah.
I’m writing to you because I see how many people are out there suffering in this community, but I just feel so alone all the time because everyone I know has so many kids already. I know that I should feel lucky because I have my husband (a few of my friends are still single), but instead of feeling grateful, I’m just feeling depressed.
Is there anyone who can give me any strength or hope that this will get better?”
—Anonymous
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Holiday Angst
Holiday tables filled with rude and insensitive family members you don't regularly see can feel like walking into a landmine. The memories can be impossible to forget.
Bad News After Bad News
“I really thought I was going to be pregnant by this year, and now I just don't know what to feel. I'm angry, sad, and numb most of the time. I hardly go out. And I don't even know if I can go to shul on RH.”
Hopeful During Holidays
Someone in one of our support groups recently asked, “A part of me is just hopeless when I think about the holidays. How do I stay hopeful during this time?”
Shana Tova Message
“It’s a New Year. I sit here and reflect where I was last year at this time. The hope that the one healthy embryo from our retrieval would implant and turn into the baby we dreamed of.”
Rosh Hashana Prayer
There is a concept in Judaism that if you pray for someone else to have _______, then that blessing will be bestowed upon you too. So, I'm asking all of you to pray.
Words of Chizuk for New Year
Thank you Rav Johnny Solomon (@rabbijohnnysolomon) for sharing these beautiful words that perfectly capture the essence of our work and why I am so grateful for every contribution we received.
5 Ways You Can Set Boundaries
Swipe to read five practical tips regarding setting boundaries on Rosh Hashana and every other day. What else would you add to this list? How do you set boundaries for yourself?
Struggling with Relationship with G-d
One of the pieces that makes this time of year so difficult is the heaviness. Reminder: You are allowed to struggle with your relationship with G-d. even during the High Holidays.
Rosh Hashana With Empty Arms
Last year I sat in shul hopeful but here we are, another year with empty arms. How am supposed to face G-d when he didn’t anser my prayers?
F*** Hashem & F*** Segulos
“ I am so so done. So finished when people always say Hashem this and Hashem that. He can go ******** because I am done. It’s so not fair. I hate G-d.”
Shofar Of Infertility
“The shofar’s sounds accomplish many things: it awakens us, expresses our cries, inspires us, and tells the story of our matriarchs and heroines that we read on Rosh Hashana.”
Rosh Hashana is a Funny Holiday
Rosh Hashana is a funny holiday because after we spend 3 hours in shul crying and begging for a baby, we head over to a friend’s house for lunch and talk about which apple is the best.
My Husband During Selichot
How is that a merciful Gd? What did I ever do? All I have ever wanted in life is to be a father!’