Rachel Goldberg-Polin

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Call Me Back - with Dan Senor · The Ascendent Journey of The High Holidays - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin · 6 Sep 2026 podcast

I think that's based on what our sages tell us is that the period from the first of Tishrei until the tenth of Tishrei is called Asara Yame Chuva, the ten days of Chuva.

We translated it as repentance, which I think for some people that's a loaded word, but the actual shoes, the root of chuva means to turn.

It's the time.

Of turning, of really turning inward, turning back, maybe turning forward, but it's movement, it's action.

And so it is supposed to be that here we're having judgment day, meaning judgment day is one of those nicknames of Rosh Hashanah.

And then we have this opportunity period to prove it.

And then we end up on the 10th day.

With this day of atonement, Yom Kippur.

And so, in theory, if we're really serious about trying to use this construct as it has been prescribed, we're showing up having done some introspection beforehand right now during the month of Elul.

In theory, we should be doing this every day, right?

If it's February, we should be every single day waking up and saying,

saying, what happened yesterday that I'm not so proud of?

Should I make amends with that person who I said something not nice to yesterday?

I mean, we should be doing these mini introspections every day, but it's not always attainable.

It could be something we aspire to.

I'm sure that there are people who do it, but this time of year, we're given this opportunity of okay, try.

And we are immediately trying in those 10 days to prove that we're serious in what we're saying in these prayers on Rosh Hashanah.

And so we are going and making amends.

If we have a relationship that's rocky, we have to go try to deal with.

it and that's hard.

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